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Re: Google GMail and OAuth Access
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Wei Lu
Jan 20, 2024, 11:15:38 AM1/20/24
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On 2024-1-20 10:09, Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> Google just announced that they will end access to their GMail severs for
> many mail accounts by what they term LSA (Less Secure App) software and
> which includes Hamster.
>
> I would very much like to continue to use Hamster to collect my emails from
> GMail and I wonder if I'm alone or if there is any general need for the
> addition of OAuth Access?
>
> Not being a programmer, I have no idea how much effort is needed to add this
> functionality or if anyone else has that request. I also ask if any
> contributions would help to make this change possible.
>
I have set up a IMAP account with OAuth in Thunderbird 52 since Google
required OAuth. POP3 is dropped too; though I saw articles mentioning it
is possible in principle, but Goolge did not implement it. So Hamster
should support IMAP first; and second, during the setup I see OAuth
requires HTTPS connection with JavaScript support to Google's server,
which may also hard to implement in Hamster because it relies on a basic
browser core. Yet it seems a one-time process, after which a "token" is
used by the client just like the password before. So maybe other
programs like Hamster could use the "token" too -- just my thought.
--
Regards,
Wei Lu
PGP: 0xA12FEF7592CCE1EA
> Google just announced that they will end access to their GMail severs for
> many mail accounts by what they term LSA (Less Secure App) software and
> which includes Hamster.
>
> I would very much like to continue to use Hamster to collect my emails from
> GMail and I wonder if I'm alone or if there is any general need for the
> addition of OAuth Access?
>
> Not being a programmer, I have no idea how much effort is needed to add this
> functionality or if anyone else has that request. I also ask if any
> contributions would help to make this change possible.
>
I have set up a IMAP account with OAuth in Thunderbird 52 since Google
required OAuth. POP3 is dropped too; though I saw articles mentioning it
is possible in principle, but Goolge did not implement it. So Hamster
should support IMAP first; and second, during the setup I see OAuth
requires HTTPS connection with JavaScript support to Google's server,
which may also hard to implement in Hamster because it relies on a basic
browser core. Yet it seems a one-time process, after which a "token" is
used by the client just like the password before. So maybe other
programs like Hamster could use the "token" too -- just my thought.
--
Regards,
Wei Lu
PGP: 0xA12FEF7592CCE1EA
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