[Users] Setting up Claws for Oauth2

[Michael Schwendt]

On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 11:45:29 +0600, Dustin Miller wrote:

> DM: Good to know, Michael; I appreciate this helpful clarification. Do
> you know if it's possible to have 2FA set up on a Google account (i.e.
> online) and still use Oauth2 with Claws Mail to access that account? Or
> are those incompatible with each other? ---Dustin

So far you only use 2FA to log in to your Google user account (and therefore
also when logging in to access the Google API console for enabling OAuth2),
but OAuth itself as an app authenticator is independent (just like an App
Password). Theoretically OAuth can be based on a 2FA service, though.