How to Login to Gmail

[aloispichler]

Hello,

Google has deprecated unsecure login as of May 30, 2022.
How can I use Gmail with neomutt?

Thank you!

[flatcap]

Hi @aloispichler, there are two ways:

Less-Secure Apps

Google now prevents you logging in with your account password (as you would login on the website),
but you can create a extra password specifically for NeoMutt.

The setting is here: https://myaccount.google.com/security

Note: If you don't use the password for a while, Google might turn it off,

This is the minimum you need to use Gmail this way:

• Sample config: https://gist.github.com/flatcap/57007743d6543606a6829e8ed048b1b6

OAuth2

OAuth2 is a more secure method of logging in, but it's also more effort.
A script generates an authorisation "token" that NeoMutt can use.

• Latest script: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/blob/main/contrib/oauth2/mutt_oauth2.py
• Docs (overview): https://neomutt.org/guide/optionalfeatures.html#oauth
• Detailed guide: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/blob/main/contrib/oauth2/mutt_oauth2.py.README

Note: This feature is still under development. It will probably change (for the better) and the docs may not all agree.