>>> "TC" == Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:

> Uwe Brauer <oub@mat.ucm.es> writes:

>> [[S/MIME Signed Part:Undecided]]
>> 
>>> On 03.05.2022 07:59, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>> My understanding may not be perfect, but having considered a similar
>>> conundrum for a work-integration, I landed on the conclusion that SMTP
>>> and IMAP should keep working as long as you use app-passwords for
>>> logging in to your account. If so, that should probably be adequate
>>> for Emacs too.
>> 
>> 
>> I am not to understand the meaning of  app-passwords.
>> 

> There is nothing too concerning here. An application password is just
> another password you can use to authenticate for a specific purpose. You
> could in fact have 2 application passwords - 1 for IMAP and 1 for SMTP.
> These application passwords are typically much longer than most user
> passwords and you don't get to select it - the password is generated for
> you. 

> Your 'normal' Google password will only work as part of a 2FA
> authentication process. You enter your account name (google email
> address usually), your password and then a 2nd factor (fingerprint, code
> from an authentication app, hardware key etc).  If your IMAP or SMTP/MUA
> clients support oauth2, you don't need application passwords, you can
> just use your google username/password and 2nd factor. Problem is, many
> clients, particularly older ones, don't support oauth2. The situation is
> further compounded by the fact that oauth2 implementations vary enough
> that it is very difficult to just implement a 'generic' oauth2 solution
> in a high level, easy to use manner. For example, it is possible to
> configure Emacs' SMTP to use oauth2, but it is clunky, requires a
> significant level of udnerstanding of oauth2 and manual steps
> (such as getting a token from a web page and putting it into your configuration).

Hm, but did you successfully configure gnus with your  app password in order to
receive (imap) and to send (smtp).

If so, could you please share your configuration.

Or are you saying it is simply to use

(setq gnus-select-method (list 'nnnil "")) 
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods nil)
(setq gnus-secondary-select-methods
      '(
	(nnimap "UCMgmail"
		(nnimap-address "imap.gmail.com")
		(nnimap-server-port 993)
                ;; (nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo.gpg")
		(nnimap-authinfo-file "~/.authinfo")
		(nnimap-stream ssl)
                ;;(nnimap-stream starttls)
                (nnimap-fetch-partial-articles "text/")
		(nnir-search-engine imap))))

And put in authinfo my app password instead my «normal» one?