[Users] Fw: Gmail accounts in Claws-Mail

[cr]

Thanks Dustin!   I'll file this for reference.
I gather Oauth2 is supported in Claws 3.18.0 and  4.0.0
onwards.   

(The following may be informative for Debian and derivative users:
I'm using Debian  10 Buster on my main laptop, which includes Claws
3.17.3.    Debian 11 Bullseye (the current Stable) *also* includes
Claws 3.17.3 (so backports are n/a).    Debian 12 Bookworm which
includes Claws 4.0.0 is expected to have a full release April-May 2023.
So updating my Debian won't help for a year.   I could try and
install from Sid (Testing) but I don't wanna risk breaking my email.

Fortunately for me, my main email provider (Orcon) isn't causing me any
worry, my Gmail account is mostly in case I ever change ISP's.  
So I guess for now I can put up with using  Gmail via webmail - easiest
workaround.   Alternatively  Gmail do an App Password procedure 
as a compromise fix - 
"For now, I opted to use gmail's App Password option. This replaces
your gmail password in Claws (and only via Claws, and only on that
machine) with a special google-generated code that is verified once by
2SV (automated call to my landline)." - Second Round on
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?p=2165976  )


So thankyou Dustin for clarifying matters - I don't have an immediate
solution but at least now I understand the problem   :)

On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:17:31 +0600
Dustin Miller <dustbiz at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 13:59:21 +1200
> cr <cr at orcon.net.nz> wrote:
> 
> > 
> > Sorry if this has been asked and answered before, but does this
> > message (below) threaten my alternate Gmail account?
> > 
> DM: Yes, I would imagine that your current Gmail account setup will no
> longer work after May 30, based on the Google announcement you
> referenced. One solution is to use OAuth 2.0 with your current setup.
> In order to do this, you'll need to be using a version of Claws that
> supports OAuth2 (https://www.claws-mail.org/news.php). For getting
> OAuth set up with Gmail and Claws, probably your best resources are
> the FAQ page (https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Oauth2) and
> some of the email threads on this list in the last couple months or so
> (https://lists.claws-mail.org/pipermail/users/). Hope that helps,
> ---Dustin