From: Robin A. <ro...@bi...> - 2022-05-14 12:42:09
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On Sat, 14 May 2022 11:03:25 +0200 Matthias Andree <mat...@gm...> wrote: > Am 14.05.22 um 08:32 schrieb Robin Atwood: > > > > Some of us got emails from GMail telling us that apps like > > fetchmail, using a simple password, would stop working at the end > > of May. Hence all the interest in Oauth2. > > > Sure, but fetchmail has supported several passwordless schemes for > ages (Kerberos, client-side certificates), and none of them required > application registration or other power play. > > If some provider tells you "you can't get to your data without jumping > hoops", find one that is happy with your, or fetchmail's, access > methods. Sure, I have pre-paid one year's access at Mailbox.Org while I see what plays out. :) Robin -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Atwood. "Ship me somewheres east of Suez, where the best is like the worst, Where there ain't no Ten Commandments an' a man can raise a thirst" from "Mandalay" by Rudyard Kipling ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |