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0 pointsStopDisinfo9105mo ago0 comments

The article is about Gmail checking third party account through POP and not about checking Gmail using POP which remains supported.

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noduerme5mo ago

Ah. Thanks. Since I don't have any kind of multiple account setup with Gmail, it really wasn't clear on a first read of the article that it wouldn't apply to all POP access. Sigh of relief...? Sirens going off? I run my own mail server, but I use gmail as a backstop - i.e. if a hosting provider needed to verify me, that would go to my gmail account. I should probably radically reconsider that now before it's too late, because I really don't like the way this is trending.

NetMageSCW5mo ago

I hope so but the article is incredibly unclear about that since it suggest an alternative is to configure IMAP on your third party account as an option.

StopDisinfo910OP5mo ago

Sorry but there is nothing unclear here. The correct answer is already in the submission title.

The suggestion is also correct. Checking third parties through IMAP remains supported.

I think it’s fair to expect some amount of reading comprehension from commenters. The bar is not particularly high here.

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