[SM-DEVEL] Squirrelmail and Gmail

[Peter C. <pet...@cq...>]

Hello!

I have a frustratingly general question, and it's one more based on curiosity than need. I've been a fan of SquirrelMail for many years, and have noticed recently that you can no longer connect to your Gmail account using it. I understand there's really no practical point in doing this - just use gmail's webmail or a pop/imap client, and I think there's a pop fetch plugin for SQ too, not sure if it has the same issue though.

so please forgive me for not being specific or being able to upload code in question - i was just wondering if anyone knew why Gmail hates SQ these days? why doesn't the way SQ logs into an imap server work with gmail anymore? when I set up the config file with all the correct details and go to log in, it tells me i entered an incorrect user name or password, then moments later an email arrives in my gmail inbox that reads:

Someone just tried to sign in to your Google Account ****@gmail.com from an app that doesn't meet modern security standards.
i've read google is renowned for not following standards, not sure if that's true, but I'm just wondering why gmail cracks a wobbly at SQ these days when I definitely remember it working a few years ago. like i said, i have no practical purpose to access my gmail with squirrelmail, but was curious about what's changed

food for thought!

peace and blessings