[sylpheed:37113] Re: Gmail accounts no longer accessible from Sylpheed?

On Mon, 30 May 2022 10:48:27 +0300
Anton Shepelev <[email protected]> wrote:

> Jose Luis Gonzalez:
> 
> > I have received an email from Gmail stating that since May
> > 30 I may lose access to applications using a less secure
> > login technology (using only username and password).
> >
> > If I'm not wrong, this is the method I am using to access
> > my Gmail accounts from Sylpheed. I wonder if there is a
> > better method that is not going to be dropped, or if it is
> > planned to be implemented any soon.
> 
> Google seem to have decided not to dynamite the bridges yet.
> Gmail can be configured to keep working with normal e-mail
> clients such as Sylpheed via a so-called "app password",
> which should be used instead of the general Google account
> password:
> 
>    https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
> 
> To put it short:--
> 
>   1. activate two-step verification,
>   2. generate an app password,
>   3. use the latter in the client.

Thanks a lot for the info, Anton.

May we known which is the second step verification method?

Thank you so much in advance.

> 
> Observe, however, that they discourage app passwords:
> 
>    App Passwords aren't recommended and are unnecessary in most
>    cases.  To help keep your account secure, use "Sign in with
>    Google" to connect apps to your Google Account.
> 
> and mefears may remove them altogether on another sad May
> the 30th...
> 
> P.S.: To this moment, Sylpheed still works with Gmail, and
>       won't fix it it ain't broke.  Let us await the
>       morrow...
>