How to adjust to google notice about you may lose access to some of your third-party apps

[Stephen Warren]

On 3/4/22 20:52, Zak Smith wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 12:59:28PM -0800, MikePruz wrote:
>> NCLUG,
>>
>> Does anyone understand the google change referenced below and what if anything needs to be done in advance to avoid interruption of service?
>>
> 
> I use almost the exact same software setup and I have the same
> questions.  I figured I'd have to dedicate a day to it in the next
> month or so.  If anyone already has answers that would be awesome.
> I'm using OfflineIMAP 7.1.5 and msmtp 1.6.6, or thereabouts, on a
> variety of machines.

You may be able to set up an "application-specific password" rather than 
going the full OAuth 2 route; see:

https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords

I'm not sure if those are going away, or just apps that sign in with 
your main password.