[Users] Sending to some who has a gmail account.

[Abrolag]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 10:18:58 +0000
Abrolag <abrolag at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

>On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 09:45:53 -0000
>Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 11 Mar 2022 14:23:50 -0800
>>Geoffrey Leach <geoff at hughes.net> wrote: 
>>  
>>> Is it possible that this email has tripped across Gmail's  'less secure
>>> app access' configuration?     
>>
>>This is nothing to do with that. The misnomer 'less secure apps' means apps
>>that's don't use oauth2 to connect to google's servers to send mail through
>>them. This is about receiving mail to your gmail account.
>>  
>>> Basically, it appears that gmail looks at
>>> the app that is sending the email and/or how the email app is doing
>>> authentication and says that you can allow it, but only for a couple of
>>> months. For example, claws-mail does not conform (at least with my
>>> configuration).    
>>
>>Since the last release(s) (4.0.0 and 3.18.0) Claws Mail has support for
>>oauth2, so it can now dance to gmail's beat.
>>
>>with regards
>>
>>Paul  
>
>Thanks for that info Paul.
>
>I'm currently on 3.17.8 from devuan chimaera :(
>It's been a while since I compiled it from scratch. I have this
>{cough}little{cough} soft-synth keeping me busy!
>
>Will

I'm pleased to say I was able to download and compile V 4.0.0 without problems.
Either it's much simpler than it used to be, or I've learned a bit :p

Anyway, I'm no longer getting that delivery rejection - but not had a reply back
from the other end so I still don't know if it's completely resolved.

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