On Monday 07 Dec 2015 16:40:43 Philip Webb wrote:
> 151207 cinder wrote:
> > Gmail says my client Mutt is a security risk and can no longer connect w
> > it.
> 
> Mutt should not be a security risk !
> You may need to configure some encryption to use Gmail.

Gmail has introduced its own method of two stage authentication and 
unilaterally decided to describe IMAP4 fully compliant client applications as 
"less secure apps".  They are by no means less secure, just because they do 
not delegate the second stage of IMAP4 authentication to a browser.  Google 
may want to move us all to using a browser, but thankfully we still have a 
choice.

As far as I know Thunderbird is a "more secure app" because it delegates OAuth 
to Firefox, but other clients which do not integrate with a browser will not.

The solution is to enable access by "less secure apps" in one's Gmail account 
security settings.

Alternatively, I think there is a kludge whereby you can obtain a token and 
send this via your mail client to Gmail - but I am not sure about the 
mechanics of this.


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Regards,
Mick