On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 15:17:40 -0400, Tom Horsley wrote: > I've always used fetchmail to download all mail from all my accounts > and stuff it in a local IMAP server for me to read with whatever > client I like (currently using claws-mail and dovecot as the server). > That gets me as isolated from silly requirements of "helpful" IT > departments as possible. > > Unfortunately, I've been waiting years for fetchmail to officially > support oauth2 (coming soon :-) so I can get google to stop complaining > about my "insecure" use of IMAP in my gmail account. Maybe it is possible > to build a beta version of fetchmail 7 that talks oauth2? > > Pointers to possible fetchmail solution here: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890076 Thanks. Aside from having to build a beta, I think that would probably violate the (expected) policy against moving the mail to another server. As I understand it, this is mostly based on concerns about student personal information (covered by the FERPA law, etc.), and I'm probably only going to teach one more course this fall before being more fully retired. So maybe I could get away with it briefly, or at worst wait it out until December with Thunderbird or something and then use fetchmail this way. ;-) This kind of approach is certainly very tempting if it can be made to work. George -- George Avrunin, Professor Emeritus Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003-9305 413-545-4251 http://www.math.umass.edu/directory/faculty/george-avrunin
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