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Fun with Gmail Tabs via IMAP

Like Gmail tabs? Want their categories to trickle down into your email client, if you’re not using Gmail's email client? Do you ever wish that the categories would show up as IMAP folders in Thunderbird? If you’ve answered yes to any of these questions, this clever hack might be the one for you. As noted here and elsewhere, Gmail tabs aren’t directly exposed to IMAP. There is no “Promot…
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Google Workspace shutting down LSA support (third notice)

Google has sent out at least two notices letting folks know that LSA (less secure application) support for Google Workspace accounts is coming to an end. That means, I think, that among other things, you'll no longer be able to access IMAP mailboxes via only a username and…

Google Workspace shutting down LSA support (second notice)

As part of their previously-announced intention to disable Less Secure Access (LSA) support , Google recently sent out another email notification warning that eventually, Google Workspace accounts will only allow access to apps using OAuth. Here's that shutdown timeline: B…

Google Workspace shutting down LSA support

Just recently discovered in my own inbox: a notice from Google indicating that they're going to require OAuth access for third party applications connecting to "Gmail, Google Calendar, Contacts via protocols such as CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP, SMTP, and POP." Most mode…