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Indeed: this is a hard compatibility break, without a simple workaround. The thing is, this is nowhere near new: it's been announced years ago, and slowly roll
by Piskvorrr 5y ago
Indeed: this is a hard compatibility break, without a simple workaround.
The thing is, this is nowhere near new: it's been announced years ago, and slowly rolled out since 2019. Actually, IIRC, the rollout has been postponed at least once in 2020, due to covid (in order to not cut people off). I recall implementing Xoauth for IMAP, specifically for this.
- Fogest 5y agoIf you have two factor auth on and generate an "app-specific password" doesn't this allow you to do the same thing still? You just use your email and app-specific password to login and it should work still shouldn't it?
- Piskvorrr 5y agoNo idea how it works now, tbh - but the problem I was trying to solve, in 2019, was "there isn't always a live human at hand, available to solve two-factor challenges." I distinctly recall that we had to go for xoauth, for lack of other hands-off options.