[Users] Using Claws mail and Gmail

[Peter Richards]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2022 17:46:43 +0200
meator <meator.dev at gmail.com> wrote:

> I am trying to use Claws mail with my Gmail account. As noted in
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en, Gmail no
> longer supports authentication without Oauth. This means that the
> entirety of
> https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Using_Claws_Mail_with_Gmail
> is now obsolete. To solve this, I have tried to follow
> https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Oauth2. One part of the
> article is a little disturbing:
> 
> Based on these facts, I assume that Claws mail doesn't support using
> Gmail accounts. Is that correct?

I thought there may be a solution at
https://au.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1672544-using-gmail-after-may-30-2022#answer_919574
, however I do not want to do the "2 step verification" as I wish to
keep the mobile phone number private.

Cheers,

Peter

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