[Users] Linking to GMail

[Paul]

On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 15:44:33 -0400
Lee Underwood <mail at leeunderwood.org> wrote: 

> I know this has probably been asked and asked again, but I cannot find
> anything recent. I am using the instructions at
> https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Using_Claws_Mail_with_Gmail to
> set-up CM w/GMail. However, some of the specs have changed. I just want to
> get mail from my GMail account.

This happens because fairly recently gmail requires using oauth2 or 2FA
rather than standard, secure username/password. (Apparently this is to save
users from themselves.)

Your version of Claws Mail is old, oauth2 support was added to Claws Mail
later. So you will need to use 2FA.

with regards

Paul