It is not that you could just somehow easily add OAuth support to things. To get valid client ids for the OAuth to work you have to go through excessive verification process first as IMAP scope is something that Gmail considers restricted.
Regards, Andris > On 17. Dec 2019, at 11:40, Philip Paeps via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> wrote: > > On 2019-12-17 03:20:04 (+0800), Al Iverson via mailop wrote: >> Google is announcing that in the future, G-Suite accounts will not support >> LSA (Less Secure Access) account connection functionality. This will put an >> end to accessing your Gmail account via POP3 or old school IMAP, unless your >> email client supports OAuth. > > So someone will have to implement OATH support in fetchmail or I will lose > access to customer email addresses on G-Suite. > > (Sure, I could fetch the email using Mailmate but 1. I don't want Google to > follow my laptop around the world - that's creepy - and 2. I have my > mailserver fetch my mail so it's more easily backed up.) > >> 2. February 15, 2021 - Access to LSAs will be turned off for all G Suite >> accounts. > > Clear deadline at least. > >> This isn't a bad thing, of course. > > I'm not sure I share that particular view... > > Philip > > -- > Philip Paeps > Senior Reality Engineer > Alternative Enterprises > > _______________________________________________ > mailop mailing list > mailop@mailop.org > https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://chilli.nosignal.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mailop
