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This happens everywhere in Apple products. It thinks it knows better than you, and completely screws power users. Try manually adding IMAP/POP/SMTP servers in
by snapetom 2y ago
This happens everywhere in Apple products. It thinks it knows better than you, and completely screws power users.
Try manually adding IMAP/POP/SMTP servers in Mail in both iOS and MacOS. First off the process is nowhere near consistent. Second, they both try to be clever if they detect supported hosts like gmail. It'll kick off different flows because it thinks gmail is gmail. So for things like custom reply-to's, it's a massive pain in the ass.
- concinds 2y agoGmail requires a different login flow, because they're dropping password authentication in favor of OAuth, for pretty reasonable security reasons.
- LtWorf 2y agoAnd entering my password in a different kind of text box is more secure how?
- concinds 2y ago2FA support. Gmail requires 2FA.
- LtWorf 2y agoIt doesn't "require" it. Users might enable it or disable it. If it's disabled, can you explain to me how is it safer?
- rcxdude 2y agoGmail can require 2FA more or less at google's whim, regardless of user preferences (and if you don't have a method set up, you'll be locked out of logging in, at least through that particular device/connection)
- LtWorf 2y agoIt can require it if it is enabled. Which is not mandatory.
- rcxdude 2y agoNo, even if you have it disabled, google will occasionally ask for a second factor anyway. This often outright locks people out of their accounts. (see this for example: https://support.google.com/mail/thread/14768952/how-to-turn-off-verify-it-s-you-option?hl=en https://support.google.com/mail/thread/14768952/how-to-turn-...)
- zarzavat 2y agoIf Google detects something strange or is just feeling particularly chaotic that day, they will lock the account and require you to verify it using the phone number. Even if you don't have 2FA enabled.
- threeseed 2y agoBecause you are entering it into a Google login flow. Which usually will have MFA and sometimes not a text box at all (passkey).