Re: [Fetchmail-users] Planned Google authentication changes

[Carlos E. R. <rob...@te...>]

On 2022-03-22 09:22, Matthias Andree wrote:
> One more thing on Google specifically,
> 
> Apparently Google still offer App-specific passwords if users are ready
> to upgrade their account to 2FA (2-factor authentication).
> 
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833
> 
> Does anyone using Google and have 2-factor authentication enabled for
> their account
> have experience with setting that up for fetchmail and can report here?

Not with fetchmail, but I use them with postfix and alpine, so fetchmail 
should be the same. Just be careful to create one such password for 
eeach application and machine, don't reuse them.

Someone mentioned he saw a message from Google telling him that he 
seemed to be attempting to use "less secure applications" without using 
oauth2, but as long as they don't close the road, that's fine.

Mind, you need to activate 2FA and keep it active, or they disable these 
passwords. This apparently means having this account on an android phone 
or tablet, which sometimes doesn't happen. But I have been told:

'Sign in with backup codes'
<https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1187538?hl=en>

   Or use an (TOTP) authenticator app.


I haven't tried either yet.


-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.3 x86_64 at Telcontar)