KMail is a state-of-the-art email client that integrates well with widely used email providers like GMail

[Adriaan de Groot]

On Sunday, 23 February 2020 06:42:13 CET jvapr27 at gmail.com wrote:
> I imagine a response that may say that I need to enable less secured
> applications as a work around. However, this does not seem to me that
> Kmail/Kontact "integrates well "  when Gnome/Evolution seem to connect
> just fine without that warning.
> 
> I know this has been an issue since at least summer 2019 if not before.
> Do you know if there has a been any progress on this?

The most recent update / news on that can be seen at

https://euroquis.nl/kde/2020/01/13/google.html

Summary: in mid-january, there was some progress in kaccounts-provider, but 
KMail itself (Akonadi) is still stuck. It boils down to Dan's patience and 
time in navigating the bubbling slime pits and dungeons of Google's 
bureaucracy.

[ade]