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On Wednesday, 6 November 2019 17:04:10 GMT Jack wrote: |
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> On 2019.11.06 11:30, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> > A recent message prompted me to try creating a google mail account |
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> > again, to collect my gmail.com email, but it still says "This app is not |
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> > yet authorised..." (I think that's the wording). |
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> > |
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> > Is there anything a mere user can do to expedite closing this hole? |
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> > It's been open for some months now. |
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> If you mean that's the message your local email app is getting from |
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> gmail when trying to retrieve messages, I suspect it's the "less secure |
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> application" issue. If that's the case, then you either need to use |
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> OAUTH2 to authorize your mail client to Google, or else set the "OK to |
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> use less secure applications" through the settings through the gmail |
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> web interface. gmail simply calls any mail client which does not use |
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> OAUTH2 to be "less secure." |
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> If that's not the case, then we need a few more details about what's |
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> going on. |
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No, it's what Google's authentication screen says. My local email app is |
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KMail, as I said. |
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I used the Create Account wizard in KMail, gave my credentials, entered the |
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confirmation code from my mobile and was told: |
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"Sign in with Google temporarily disabled for this app |
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"This app has not yet been verified by Google in order to use Google Sign in" |
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I tried again, but creating a Custom Account. Some of the authentication |
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Methods offered by KMail are not usable with GMail; others get a refusal from |
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Google: "Application-specific password required." There's no mention of oauth2 |
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in any dialogue. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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