[MlMt] After upgrading to Version 2.0 (6255) my mail is not retrieved anymore

[Benny Kjær Nielsen]

On 21 May 2025, at 9:11, leo wrote:

>> You should be able to authenticate then no longer need the app 
>> specific password. Alternatively, go to the IMAP Account settings in 
>> MailMate and disable OAuth2 for both IMAP and SMTP. This should put 
>> you back on the app specific password use.
>
> I disabled Oauth — and now it all works perfectly. I’m happy 
> again. 😄
>
> *However*, I am not sure whether it is a good decision with this 
> update to *silently* switch people who have an app-specific password 
> to a new authentication method they might not want.

Good point. It wasn't really intentional. MailMate just picks the best 
available option and that implicitly changed when I added OAuth2 for 
Fastmail.

> Does anything speak against app-specific passwords with Fastmail?

Well, it's a bit harder to use a stolen OAuth2 token than an 
app-specific password. It's also easier for the user to configure since 
the browser-part is better integrated.

-- 
Benny
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