Re: gmail oauth requirement coming

[Jude DaShiell]

a gmail connect howto will probably need writing for sending and
receiving gmail with nmh if not already available.

On Tue, 17 Dec 2019, Ken Hornstein wrote:

> Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:34:09
> From: Ken Hornstein <address@hidden>
> To: Jude DaShiell <address@hidden>
> Cc: address@hidden
> Subject: Re: gmail oauth requirement coming
>
> >By 2021 from what I read all gmail access will have to be done through
> >oauth.  If I understand this correctly device passwords for less secure
> >apps will be going away too.  If an email app hasn't got oauth capability
> >the only solution I can foresee is to have all gmail forwarded to a
> >different email address which doesn't require oauth to access it.
> >Warnings about change from what I understand will start in June of 2020.
>
> I believe we're good, at least from a protocol standpoint (thanks for
> the heads up!); we implemewnt XOAUTH2 and I know people are using it.
> I am not sure if we need to implement any other protocols, but I don't
> believe they are hard.
>
> But ... guys, I am not sure if our API key is registered properly with
> Gmail anymore.  I recall some messages saying that our privacy policy
> was rejected, or something like that.  I'm not part of the "nmh"
> organization that Google knows about.  David, do you remember more
> about that?
>
> --Ken
>

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