* On 25 Apr 2016, Grant Edwards wrote: > When one enables Google two-step verification, one can generate > "application specific" passwords for use by programs like mutt, > offline-imap, msmtp, exim, fetchmail, etc. I've been reading both > Google and third-party documentation on this, and can't find any > description of what "application specific" actually _means_.
It means nothing. You can think of it as "supplementary password". > Do you need different, unique passwords for mutt, imap, msmtp, > offlineimap, and all other IMAP or SMTP clients on a particular > machine? > > Are you required to use the same password for mutt on all machines? No. You can create as many application-specific passwords as you need at https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords. Each can be tagged with an application name and a device name to help you remember where you're using that password, but they're all equivalent. Google doesn't pick up on what each one is specifically being used from, although they may track whether passwords are being used at all. Choose your own granularity. -- David Champion • d...@bikeshed.us
