Hello, Create 'Application-specific password required' in your google account and use it instead of your google password. Try this link myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
чт, 7 нояб. 2019 г. в 12:54, Peter Humphrey <pe...@prh.myzen.co.uk>: > On Wednesday, 6 November 2019 17:04:10 GMT Jack wrote: > > On 2019.11.06 11:30, Peter Humphrey wrote: > > > A recent message prompted me to try creating a google mail account > > > again, to collect my gmail.com email, but it still says "This app is > not > > > yet authorised..." (I think that's the wording). > > > > > > Is there anything a mere user can do to expedite closing this hole? > > > It's been open for some months now. > > > > If you mean that's the message your local email app is getting from > > gmail when trying to retrieve messages, I suspect it's the "less secure > > application" issue. If that's the case, then you either need to use > > OAUTH2 to authorize your mail client to Google, or else set the "OK to > > use less secure applications" through the settings through the gmail > > web interface. gmail simply calls any mail client which does not use > > OAUTH2 to be "less secure." > > > > If that's not the case, then we need a few more details about what's > > going on. > > No, it's what Google's authentication screen says. My local email app is > KMail, as I said. > > I used the Create Account wizard in KMail, gave my credentials, entered > the > confirmation code from my mobile and was told: > > "Sign in with Google temporarily disabled for this app > > "This app has not yet been verified by Google in order to use Google Sign > in" > > I tried again, but creating a Custom Account. Some of the authentication > Methods offered by KMail are not usable with GMail; others get a refusal > from > Google: "Application-specific password required." There's no mention of > oauth2 > in any dialogue. > > -- > Regards, > Peter. > > > > >