Re: [Fetchmail-users] OAUTH2 Confusion

[Dennis P. <da...@be...>]

Unfortunately, that is not an option for me.

On 3/24/2022 12:11 PM, Héctor Abreu wrote:
> I recommend you check the message sent by Matthias Andree to this list 
> on March 4th. It says among other things:
>
> "There is no such thing as a roadmap if you are looking for planned
> release dates.
> This is currently a volunteer spare-time project, not a
> commercially-organized one, and apparently some big tech are trying to
> squeeze out the small ones. More below.
>
> Fetchmail 6.5 should arrive on a scope of months though, albeit without
> OAuth2. It will cut off support for systems not compliant to C99 and/or
> the Single Unix Specification v3.
>
> For fetchmail 7 the release date "depends" on circumstances I have not
> planned yet. After 6.5."
>
> My recommendation based on experience: If you can, keep your GMail 
> address working by forwarding messages, but use any alternative and 
> affordable email service for your GMail address. A service that gives 
> you options rather than forcing you to use oauth2 or telling you that 
> fetchmail will not work after certain date because it's a "less secure 
> app".
>
> Hector.
>
> El jue, 24 mar 2022 a las 11:59, Dennis Putnam (<da...@be...>) 
> escribió:
>
>     Am I correct that fetchmail 7 is only in alpha stage? If so when is a
>     stable release scheduled?
>
>     On 3/24/2022 10:27 AM, Héctor Abreu wrote:
>     > According to what I read in this list, the Fetchmail version that
>     > takes care of oauth2 is version 7. Version 6 can do it with third
>     > party patches.
>     >
>     > I know that every user, circumstances and needs are different,
>     and I
>     > am not familiar with very technical aspects of email services,
>     so in
>     > my particular case this is what I'm doing, just in case it's
>     helpful
>     > to another fetchmail user: Since I only need to keep my GMail
>     address
>     > receiving and sending messages but I don't consider urgent to
>     keep up
>     > with oauth2, I just followed the advise shared in this list about
>     > finding an alternative email service while keeping the GMail
>     address
>     > and not being forced to use oauth2, nor receiving threats from
>     Google
>     > about not allowing "less secure apps" to work (they coined the
>     > expression "less secure"). In this list they mentioned very
>     affordable
>     > services like posteo.de <http://posteo.de> <http://posteo.de>
>     and mailbox.org <http://mailbox.org>
>     > <http://mailbox.org> ; I'm using noip.com <http://noip.com>
>     <http://noip.com> which is
>     > also affordable and it's working for now. I'm only using my GMail
>     > address to appear in the "From: " field and to receive and forward
>     > messages to my new email service (POP3).
>     >
>     > Short story: "Free" email services like GMail or Yahoo are not
>     for me
>     > anymore, I prefer to tell GMail to just forward, I keep using the
>     > GMail address for now and pay a little bit for another email
>     service
>     > that gives me choices instead of forcing me to complicate my
>     life and
>     > waste my time. I will eventually get rid of my GMail address, too.
>     >
>     > Good luck!
>     >
>     > Hector.
>     >
>     > El mié., 23 de marzo de 2022 10:32 a. m., Dennis Putnam
>     > <da...@be...> escribió:
>     >
>     >     I'm a little confused about support for OAUTH2. Is there a
>     version
>     >     that
>     >     does indeed support OAUTH2? I am among those that are stuck
>     using
>     >     gmail
>     >     and we have until May 30, to get this resolved. What is the
>     current
>     >     status? TIA.
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