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Forwards email to Gmail using Gmail API instead of SMTP. No longer maintained because Google is requiring a $15,000-$75,000 security audit to use the Gmail API.
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forward_to_gmail reads an email from stdin and inserts it into a user's Gmail account using the Gmail API with narrowly-scoped OAuth2 credentials. You can feed incoming emails to forward_to_gmail using procmail or .forward to "forward" the messages to Gmail without using SMTP. (SMTP mail forwarding is broken because it causes backscatter and negatively affects the reputation of the forwarding IP address.) ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES The following environment variables must be set to use forward_to_gmail: $GMAIL_CLIENT_ID Your OAuth2 client ID $GMAIL_CLIENT_SECRET Your OAuth2 client secret $GMAIL_TOKEN Your OAuth2 token To obtain a client ID and client secret, follow the steps under "Obtaining Client Credentials" below. These credentials only need to be obtained once and can be shared among all users of an organization. To obtain a token, follow the steps under "Obtaining a Token" below. This token is tied to a particular Gmail account and only needs to be obtained once as long as the user does not revoke it. OBTAINING CLIENT CREDENTIALS 1. Go to: https://console.developers.google.com/start/api?id=gmail&credential=client_key 2. Create a new project or select an existing project and click "Continue" 3. On the "Add credentials to your project" page: 1. Select: Which API are you using? => "Gmail API" Where will you be calling the API from? => "Other UI (e.g. Windows, CLI tool)" What data will you be accessing? => "User data" 2. Click "What Credentials Do I Need?" 3. Enter a client ID name of your choosing and click "Create client ID" 4. Customize the consent screen as you like and click "Continue" 5. Click "Done" 4. Click the name of your client ID. Make note of your client ID and client secret, which should be assigned to the $GMAIL_CLIENT_ID and $GMAIL_CLIENT_SECRET variables, respectively. OBTAINING A TOKEN First you must obtain client credentials and set the $GMAIL_CLIENT_ID and $GMAIL_CLIENT_SECRET environment variables. 1. Run `forward_to_gmail -get_url` and go to the URL that it outputs. 2. Log in with your Google account and authorize forward_to_gmail. 3. Run `forward_to_gmail -get_token CODE`, replacing CODE with the code provided by Gmail. 4. Make note of the token output by `forward_to_gmail`. It should be assigned to the $GMAIL_TOKEN environment variable.
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Forwards email to Gmail using Gmail API instead of SMTP. No longer maintained because Google is requiring a $15,000-$75,000 security audit to use the Gmail API.
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