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   From: chris@cvine--nospam--.freeserve.co.uk   
      
   On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 19:27:08 -0600   
   Rinaldi  wrote:   
   > On 12/8/21 18:23, Chris Vine wrote:   
   > > On Wed, 8 Dec 2021 16:49:01 +0100   
   > > Ralph Spitzner  wrote:   
   > >> Rinaldi wrote on 12/7/21 7:26 PM:   
   > >>> I'm currently using fetchmail to draw from various POP accounts and   
   distribute on my server using fetchmail, procmail, and dovecot.  It has worked   
   flawlessly for several years going back to when imapd was the serving daemon.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> I received notification that Gmail will be going to 2FA (two factor   
   authentication) as of December 14.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Switching to 2FA at gmail results in a fetchmail authentication error.   
   Obviously the challenge/response required to log in is missing in fetchmail,   
   just the POP password is submitted.   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Does this signal the end of my current mail service and force us to use   
   webmail?  If not, how can I satisfy gmail's need for 2FA via fetchmail? Is   
   there an alternative to fetchmail that will provide this authentication   
   requirement?   
   > >>>   
   > >>> Rinaldi   
   > >>   
   > >> all good just generate an "application-specific" password an use that   
   instead of "your" password   
   > >    
   > > Would you care to elaborate?   
   >    
   > Got app specific passwords for fetchmail and t-bird.  This stanza is    
   > working for gmail in ~/.fetchmailrc.   
   >    
   > poll pop.gmail.com with proto POP3 service 995   
   >         user '$USER' there with password '$2FAPWD' is '$USER' here ssl   
      
   Thanks.  I use fetchmail for receiving from pop.gmail.com and for   
   sending I generally use postfix as a local server on localhost with   
   smtp.gmail.com as relay, or sometimes mailx and sylpheed directly   
   forwarding to smtp.gmail.com as relay.  I also have two or three   
   different laptops which I use with my gmail account.   
      
   Do all these different applications require their own application   
   specific password?  If so, given that each laptop would also seem to   
   require its own set of passwords, this all sounds somewhat tedious.   
      
   Chris   
      
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