[PLUG] 30 May Gmail deadline : what should mutt users do?

शंतनू shantanoo at gmail.com
Sun May 1 20:02:50 IST 2022


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On Sun, 01-May-2022 at 16:16:15 IST, Mayuresh via plug-mail wrote:
> In light of the following message from Google:
> 
>     "To help keep your account secure, starting May 30, 2022, 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"
> 
> what should mutt (and alike) users do? If I am using the so called "device
> specific password" will it still be affected?

AFAIU, there would there would be any change for 'device specific
passwords'. Also, if you are using 2FA, sign in using google account
credentials is already disabled.

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शंतनू


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