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		Google wants the world to switch from standard IMAP to their XOAUTH2 protocol (github.com/google)
		4 points by freescout on Dec 24, 2019 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

Piskvorrr on Dec 24, 2019 [–]

Two words: lock-in.

emayljames on Dec 24, 2019 | [–]

Yep. And the commenter sticking up for google not allowing a simple passthrough of the OAUTH through the IMAP password is just bizzare. Not allowing this will mean unnecessary coding and changes by thousands of projects, instead of one simple allowance by google.

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