Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by vdfs 1574 days ago
No, you can use IMAP without password, using app token like any other OAuth
2 comments

You can also still use an "application-specific password".
This is turning off IMAP. The Twitter/Google invented OAuth they pushed on the IETF is not part of or relevant to real IMAP. It's just mega-corp crap. Especially OAuth 2.0.