On Wed 11 May 2022 at 20:09:14 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > On Wed, May 11, 2022 at 7:51 PM Brian <a...@cityscape.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed 11 May 2022 at 15:25:34 +0200, Fero Dali wrote: > > > I got a warning from google that my account will be discontinued. > > > > No, you didn't. > > Sorry for misunderstanding: it seems that my account will continue to work but > ability to download mail with POP3 without OAUTH2 will be unavailable. > > > > > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure > > > > sign-in > > > > technology > > > > 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 > > > > > > I have used a google account to read email from mailing lists. I am using > > > fetchmail to get emails from google. Now it says it will discontinue this > > > access to my mail, > > > > Where does google say that? > > In the first line of their email: > > On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in > > technology
It does not say "On May 30, you may lose access to POP3 if you are using fetchmail". It also says "may" not "will". Is it known for a fact that fetchmail is on a list of "less secure sign-in technology". Have Google designated it as such? -- Brian.