>>>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2025 15:28:27 +0200, Uwe Brauer via "Announcements and
>>>>> discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader (in English)"
>>>>> <[email protected]> said:
Uwe> Now it so happens that google turned off the «usual user password
Uwe> access», however while I can generate a app password for my private
Uwe> gmail account, it seems not possible for my university account and
Uwe> indeed gmail writes.
Uwe> can’t find the option to add an app password, it might be because:
Uwe> - Your Google Account has 2-Step Verification set up only for security
keys.
Uwe> - You’re logged into a work, school, or another organization account.
Uwe> - Your Google Account has Advanced Protection.
Uwe> So it is my understanding, that I can't use the app password method for
Uwe> that account and I need to use oauth2?
Right.
Uwe> There is a package for emacs I think, anybody has got that to work?
There are at least 2, and Iʼve not tried either of them. There was
some relevant discussion on emacs-devel recently, might be worth
searching the archives.
Robert
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