Re: [gentoo-user] Google Mail still not recognising Gentoo KMail

[Антон Кулешов]

Hello,

Create 'Application-specific password required' in your google account and
use it instead of your google password. Try this link
myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

чт, 7 нояб. 2019 г. в 12:54, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk>:

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