[Users] Does claws-mail no longer support gmail without enabling the insecure app setting?

[Prahlad Yeri]

Hello Everyone,

I've just started using Claws Mail, having been fed up of Thunderbird's
slow performance. Claws Mail performs great with my all other email
accounts, but there is a problem when I try with my gmail account.

I've setup the IMAP credentials for sending/receiving, but it seems
that Google insists on only OAuth these days. Is there a way to get
it working on Claws Mail without enabling the "less secure sign-in" in
my Gmail account?

My settings:

imap.gmail.com
port: 993 (default)

smtp.gmail.com
port: 465 (default)

"Use SSL/TLS" setting is enabled.

Below is the network log:

* Account '******@gmail.com': Connecting to IMAP server:
  imap.gmail.com:993... [12:37:19] IMAP< * OK Gimap ready for requests
  from 49.34.190.141 n143mb68294293iod 
* IMAP connection is un-authenticated
[12:37:19] IMAP> 1 CAPABILITY 
[12:37:19] IMAP< * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 UNSELECT IDLE NAMESPACE QUOTA
  ID XLIST CHILDREN X-GM-EXT-1 XYZZY SASL-IR AUTH=XOAUTH2 AUTH=PLAIN
  AUTH=PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN AUTH=OAUTHBEARER AUTH=XOAUTH [12:37:19] IMAP<
  1 OK Thats all she wrote! n143mb68294293iod [12:37:19] IMAP> Logging
  ****** to imap.gmail.com using PLAIN [12:37:20] IMAP< Invalid
  credentials (Failure) ** IMAP error on imap.gmail.com: LOGIN error
  [12:37:21] IMAP< Error logging in to imap.gmail.com [12:37:21] IMAP>
  Logging ****** to imap.gmail.com using plaintext [12:37:21] IMAP<
  Invalid credentials (Failure) ** IMAP error on imap.gmail.com: LOGIN
  error [12:37:21] IMAP< Error logging in to imap.gmail.com
[12:37:28] IMAP> Logging ****** to imap.gmail.com using PLAIN
[12:37:29] IMAP< Please log in via your web browser:
  https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure) ***
  IMAP< Alert: Please log in via your web browser:
  https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure) **
  IMAP error on imap.gmail.com: LOGIN error [12:37:29] IMAP< Error
  logging in to imap.gmail.com [12:37:29] IMAP> Logging ****** to
  imap.gmail.com using plaintext [12:37:30] IMAP< Please log in via
  your web browser:
  https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure) ***
  IMAP< Alert: Please log in via your web browser:
  https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure) **
  IMAP error on imap.gmail.com: LOGIN error [12:37:30] IMAP< Error
  logging in to imap.gmail.com [12:37:31] IMAP> 6 LOGOUT [12:37:32]
  IMAP< * BYE Logout Requested n143mb68294293iod [12:37:32] IMAP< 6 OK
  Quoth the raven, nevermore... n143mb68294293iod *** IMAP< Alert:
  Please log in via your web browser:
  https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)