Re:Re: Making GNUS continue to work with Gmail

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Is it possiable to just use the application specific password?


https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833#app-passwords



Thanks,
Kai


















At 2020-08-15 17:45:16, "Gregory Heytings via \"Emacs development discussions.\"" <emacs-devel@gnu.org> wrote:
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>>
>> What IS "this approach"?  Does it get a key that GNUS can use for 
>> everyone? Does it have each user get a key from Google?
>>
>
>For the sake of clarity, there are two possible approaches:
>
>1. Each user creates its own OAuth credentials, and uses them to access 
>their own Google account.  From the point of view of Google, this is as if 
>each user created its own app.  This is the solution chosen by Mutt and 
>others.  Its main advantage is that the process is immediate (it takes 
>only a few minutes).  Its main drawback is that it is a rather complex 
>process.
>
>2. The developer creates OAuth credentials, and includes them in the 
>program.  From the point of view of Google, only one app exists, with many 
>users.  This is the apparently the solution chosen by Kmail, Thunderbird 
>and others.  Its main advantage is that it makes the process very simple 
>(almost transparent) for users: when they add a Google account to their 
>mail client, a Google page is opened in a browser, they indicate their 
>login and password, and that's all.  Its main drawback is that it is a 
>long process, because Google has to review and approve the app.  It 
>requires at least: (1) having a domain name for the app, (2) writing a 
>privacy policy for the app, (3) creating a video that demonstrates the 
>OAuth grant process in the app, (4) submitting the app for verification to 
>Google, and waiting that it be approved.
>
>For the sake of completeness, there is in fact a third possible approach, 
>which cannot be used by regular Gmail users:
>
>3. If your Google account is a G Suite account (either a business one or 
>an education one), that is, if your email is managed by Google but your 
>email address does is not an @gmail.com address, then the G Suite 
>administrator can do the process (1) above once for all users of a given 
>mail client.  That is, the mail client is approved once for all users of 
>that domain without the need of a review by Google.
>
>Gregory

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