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Re: [PATCH] send-email docs: Remove mention of discontinued gmail feature

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brian m. carlson <sandals@crustytoothpaste.net>
Date
Oct 2, 2022, 19:11 UTC
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<20221001104609.18453-1-j.witteveen@gmail.com>
On 2022-10-01 at 10:46:09, Jouke Witteveen wrote:
> Support for "less secure apps" ended May 30, 2022.
> 
> This effectively reverts 155067a (git-send-email.txt: mention less secure
> app access with Gmail, 2021-01-08).

This seems reasonable and correct. I remember reading that Google will likely require 2FA for all users in the future, so at some point, we may end up removing the "If you have multi-factor authentication…" clause as well.

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brian m. carlson (he/him or they/them)
Toronto, Ontario, CA
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