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Re: git send-email does not work with Google anymore?!

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Paolo Bonzini <bonzini@gnu.org>
Date
Oct 5, 2017, 15:47 UTC
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On 05/10/2017 16:21, ankostis wrote:
> 
> But this seems to have stopped working; I clicked the link in the page below
>   https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en
> and for my account it tells me "less secure apps" access is unavailable :-(

It says for me "This setting is not available for accounts with 2-Step Verification enabled. Such accounts require an application-specific password for less secure apps access", which is the right thing to do.

I used an app-specific password ten minutes before answering OP...
Paolo
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  1. Lars SchneiderOct 5, 2017
  2. Paolo BonziniOct 5, 2017
  3. ankostisOct 5, 2017
  4. Paolo BonziniOct 5, 2017
  5. Kaartic SivaraamOct 6, 2017
  6. Christian CouderOct 6, 2017
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonOct 6, 2017
  8. Dennis KaarsemakerOct 23, 2017
  9. Lars SchneiderNov 17, 2017

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