On Sun 06 Mar 2022 at 11:54:28 +1300, Ash Joubert wrote: > On 06/03/2022 02:26, Brian wrote: > > On Fri 04 Mar 2022 at 10:59:45 -0500, Marc Auslander wrote: > > > Google has now said they are pulling the plug on userid/password > > > authentication for apps. > > Google's email has > > > On 30 May, you may lose... > > That's "may", not "will". > [...] > > There isn't any indication that the setting is beimg removed. Panic > > over? > > From later in their email, on 30 May, "Google *will* no longer [...]" > (emphasis mine). From their email: > > "To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of > third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account > using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using > Sign in with Google or other more secure technologies, like OAuth 2.0." > > Options include either using client software that supports OAuth2 (such as > Thunderbird) or enabling 2FA on your Google account to get access to App > Passwords for client software that does not yet support OAuth2 (such as K-9 > Mail).
Indeed. But confusion still reigns in my mind. Should the above removal of support turm out to be the case, it takes only a moment to have mail forwarded elsewhere to be picked up. -- Brian.