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Was a "design doc" what get IMAP killed at Gmail then?
by n3storm 2y ago
Was a "design doc" what get IMAP killed at Gmail then?
- staticfish 2y agoI'm not fully understanding your comment. What do you think is happening or has happened to IMAP at Gmail?
- Macha 2y agoDon't know what the parent poster thinks, but what is happening is this: https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/winding-down-google-sync-and-less-secure-apps-support.html https://workspaceupdates.googleblog.com/2023/09/winding-down... Which means that basically only apps that are approved by Google for OAuth can use IMAP in the near future.
- staticfish 2y agoInteresting, thanks for the info. I must have missed this. It doesn't seem completely unfair to not pass your main Google password, and I imagine you still might be able to use generated application passwords if you really need the functionality (maybe).
- Macha 2y agoThe thing that is confusing here is you used to have to turn on less secure apps to use app passwords, and the article says that's getting removed for personal accounts. So while they don't say that they're removing IMAP via app passwords for personal accounts, there's a concern they might be effectively removing them it
- staticfish 2y agoInteresting. I occasionally use this feature so will keep an eye on it. Thanks for the clarification.
- n3storm 2y agoGmail twisted IMAP with labels so the only proper way to use "their" IMAP service is through "their" IMAP client, which is not what a standard is about. I am sorry I thought this was common knowledge and don't fully expand at first comment.