Re: getmail and 2FA

Charles Cazabon <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.getmail.user
Message-ID <[email protected]>
[email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> short question: My used for mailing lists yahoo account will be forced to
> use "Yahoo's secure login" soon, afaik two factor authorization.  Not sure:
> Does (or will) getmail supprt 2FA?

The POP and IMAP protocols don't really have 2FA capability designed in.  It
is my understanding that the Yahoo 2FA is only for accessing their webmail
interface, not POP/IMAP clients.

If you have a link saying this does specifically apply to POP/IMAP access,
please share it.

Charles
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