freeserve.co.uk> 90213135   
   From: chris@cvine--nospam--.freeserve.co.uk   
      
   On Thu, 2 Jun 2022 20:41:34 -0000 (UTC)   
   root  wrote:   
   > I have been trying to authorize fetchmail via popserver.   
   >   
   > The instructions provided by google for oauth2 authorization simply do not   
   > work. My best guess is that they did work once - while password authorization   
   > was possible - but now you have to get into your gmail account to authorize   
   > your gmail account.   
   >   
   > It has taken me 7.5 hours to confirm this.   
   >   
   > For those interested you should read:   
   >   
   > http://mmogilvi.users.sourceforge.net/software/oauthbearer.html   
      
   Go to your google settings, choose 2 factor authentication and then get   
   an app password.  Enter that app password in your fetchmailrc file.   
      
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