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 Post subject: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May 30
PostPosted: Fri Apr 29, 2022 10:07 am 
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Just a heads up: on May 30th Google is going to stop applications that sign in to their services using only a username and a password from working.

This is the case of the Email Checker module, so I assume it too will stop working with Gmail accounts on May 30th.

Here is the full text sent by Google:

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On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in technology

To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using Sign in with Google or other more secure technologies, like OAuth 2.0.

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
PostPosted: Mon May 30, 2022 2:21 pm 
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winstep wrote:
Just a heads up: on May 30th Google is going to stop applications that sign in to their services using only a username and a password from working.

This is the case of the Email Checker module, so I assume it too will stop working with Gmail accounts on May 30th.

Here is the full text sent by Google:

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On May 30, you may lose access to apps that are using less secure sign-in technology

To help keep your account secure, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password. Instead, you’ll need to sign in using Sign in with Google or other more secure technologies, like OAuth 2.0.

And now that date has come, watch out for all the complaints and queries from all the folk who haven't bothered to read this! ;) :P

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
PostPosted: Tue May 31, 2022 11:10 am 
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It's actually still working with my Gmail account. Maybe they forgot :lol:

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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last update about google and 3rd party aps i got was about hangouts (which i use trough pidgin) and they said it will be killed on 15.6.2022.

hangouts was supposed to die months ago but they kept it running until now, maybe this got pushed back too?


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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
PostPosted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 12:59 pm 
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... and it's no longer accepting the login as of today (July 2).

So it's official. The Email Checker module no longer supports Gmail accounts.

If anyone has any complaints, please send them to Google.

Even Outlook 2021 is unable to access my Gmail account, at least not with the current settings. I have a feeling this is also going to affect a TON of people who prefer using POP3 over Webmail or IMAP.

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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winstep wrote:
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You're not supposed to tell people that you can time travel.


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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
PostPosted: Fri Jun 03, 2022 1:23 am 
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Ahahaha, sorry, I meant June 2. :D

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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Ahahah, this is hilarious. They must have experienced such a storm of protests that Gmail via POP3 (and the Email Checker) is working again.

This is what happens when you hire kids who don't understand why backwards compatibility is so important.

Let's see how long it lasts though.

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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...aaaaannnd it didn't last long, as predicted. Back to rejecting username/password logins.

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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winstep wrote:
...aaaaannnd it didn't last long, as predicted. Back to rejecting username/password logins.

We...lll.... with a bit of luck it might, it *just might* stop a few sheep using Gmail. Nah, not really. :(

Shocked that you have a Gmail account, Jorge! :shock:

Baaah, baaah....baah! :P

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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nexter wrote:
Shocked that you have a Gmail account, Jorge! :shock:


Hey! It's not like I am actually *using* it! :lol:

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winstep wrote:
nexter wrote:
Shocked that you have a Gmail account, Jorge! :shock:


Hey! It's not like I am actually *using* it! :lol:

:lol: :D :D :D

That's alright then. As long as you didn't use your real name or anything.... 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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Does anyone know of an android/windows calendar app. i was using google calendar (i know nexter ;) ) and rainlendar, but since the change...


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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
PostPosted: Sat Jun 11, 2022 3:18 am 
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Does anyone know of an android/windows calendar app. i was using google calendar (i know nexter ;) ) and rainlendar, but since the change...

Proton have a very good, very private and secure calendar app (web based) that I use, but I think you may need to also have Proton Mail first - both available as free of cost versions and excellent. Both are fully encrypted, more here : https://proton.me They also have the best free of cost and best that money can buy VPN - in fact, it's all fast growing into a single integrated ecosystem, with a cloud drive in (very stable and safe) beta. Everything is open source, of course, and fully encrypted.

I've got the works (Proton Unlimited), which a friend paid for me for two years last year - brilliant! (Had the free versions before.) Wouldn't be without it again, at any price. The VPN works with Windows (down to 7 IIRC), Linux, Mac, and even Android and iOS phones (and presumably tablets). With the Unlimited package, I can use the VPN on up to 10 devices. Moreover, as I've had it since last year, it's price is frozen as a loyalty bonus for as long as I keep renewing, which will be till I'm too decrepit to use computers or I drop of the perch. :D

Best value for money on the planet! 8)

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 Post subject: Re: Email Checker will lose access to Gmail accounts on May
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I was wondering about that....lol...
I can still click on email checker and it logs in to Gmail no problems - but I am not getting any new mail warnings....

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