<div dir="ltr"><div>This bit me this morning... I'm using ssmtp and nodemailer though.</div><div>Anyway, same solution... turn on two-factor authentication and issue an App password.</div><div>I was able to use the same password in all six places.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Brian<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 11:42 AM Zak Smith <<a href="mailto:zak@computer.org">zak@computer.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Sat, Mar 05, 2022 at 04:42:39PM -0700, Baszler wrote:<br>
> On 3/4/22 23:06, Stephen Warren wrote:<br>
> > On 3/4/22 20:52, Zak Smith wrote:<br>
> > > On Fri, Mar 04, 2022 at 12:59:28PM -0800, MikePruz wrote:<br>
> > > > NCLUG,<br>
> > > ><br>
> > > > Does anyone understand the google change referenced below and<br>
> > > > what if anything needs to be done in advance to avoid<br>
> > > > interruption of service?<br>
> > > ><br>
> > ><br>
> > > I use almost the exact same software setup and I have the same<br>
> > > questions. I figured I'd have to dedicate a day to it in the next<br>
> > > month or so. If anyone already has answers that would be awesome.<br>
> > > I'm using OfflineIMAP 7.1.5 and msmtp 1.6.6, or thereabouts, on a<br>
> > > variety of machines.<br>
> ><br>
> > You may be able to set up an "application-specific password" rather than<br>
> > going the full OAuth 2 route; see:<br>
> ><br>
> > <a href="https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords</a><br>
> ><br>
> > I'm not sure if those are going away, or just apps that sign in with<br>
> > your main password.<br>
><br>
><br>
> If it is not clear, Google is pushing everyone to a 2-factor<br>
> authentication. We went through this at work a few months back (Google<br>
> required it, not our IT dept). They are making the 2-factor as lax as<br>
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To follow up on this, my gmail msmtp setup stopped working finally<br>
this morning.<br>
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I enabled 2-step verification and then got App passwords set up and it<br>
works fine again.<br>
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</blockquote></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div>Brian Sturgill</div><div>President and CTO</div><div>Ataman Software, Inc.</div><div><br></div></div>