On 2015-06-25, Ben Fitzgerald <[email protected]> wrote:
> I recently updated my google preferences and limited set "allow
> unsecure apps" to "off".
>
> Later I tried to login to gmail with mutt and found it no longer
> worked as imap attempted AUTHENTICATE PLAIN over port 993 (SSL).
>
> I'm a little confused about why google consider this unsafe.
Ah, I think you've misunderstood what Google means by "secure".
Consider the usage "the prisoner is secure, sir!"
It means "closed, shut, locked, under control". As in closed, shut,
and locked _by_Google_, and 100% under control _of_Google_.
Mutt has not be "secured" by Google, therefore it is not secure.
1/2 ;)
I still use Google for e-mail, because it sucks less that all the
other options I've tried...
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