Re: getmail and 2FA

RW <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.mail.getmail.user
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Mon, 14 Sep 2020 14:09:34 -0600
Charles Cazabon wrote:

> [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.

I don't know about Yahoo specifically, but commonly 2FA is combined
with "app passwords" for POP/IMAP/SMTP.
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