Gmail security changes and nullmailer

Tender · Apprentice Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 166

Hi,

I have a headless gentoo server that has always used mail-mta/nullmailer to send notifications via Gmail, but I got a message from Google saying "From May 30th you may lose access to apps that use less secure login technology" and suggests, for example, to use oauth 2.0 authentication in order to continue using the service. I understand that it is not possible to configure nullmailer with oauth. If true, what can I replace nullmailer with and continue to send notifications through Gmail (possibly avoiding complex MTAs to configure)?

Thanks

Mistwolf · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2022 2:55 pm Post subject:

Enable 2 factor authentication on your gmail account. Then create an app password (will be unique), use that as the password instead of your old gmail password in nullmailer. Continue as before.

Tender · Apprentice Joined: 05 Nov 2005 Posts: 166

@Mistwolf

Great, simple and straightforward!!!