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On Monday 07 Dec 2015 16:40:43 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> 151207 cinder wrote: |
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> > Gmail says my client Mutt is a security risk and can no longer connect w |
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> > it. |
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> Mutt should not be a security risk ! |
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> You may need to configure some encryption to use Gmail. |
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Gmail has introduced its own method of two stage authentication and |
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unilaterally decided to describe IMAP4 fully compliant client applications as |
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"less secure apps". They are by no means less secure, just because they do |
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not delegate the second stage of IMAP4 authentication to a browser. Google |
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may want to move us all to using a browser, but thankfully we still have a |
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choice. |
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As far as I know Thunderbird is a "more secure app" because it delegates OAuth |
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to Firefox, but other clients which do not integrate with a browser will not. |
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The solution is to enable access by "less secure apps" in one's Gmail account |
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security settings. |
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Alternatively, I think there is a kludge whereby you can obtain a token and |
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send this via your mail client to Gmail - but I am not sure about the |
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mechanics of this. |
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To the OP: to unsubscribe from this Mailing List, click on the URL that Dale |
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provided using the email account with which you had originally subscribed to |
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the Mailing List. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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