[Akonadi] [Bug 404990] Sign in with Google temporarily disabled for this app

[David]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=404990

--- Comment #68 from David <kitt997 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to wozny.piotr from comment #66)
> At Kubuntu 18.04 with backports Kontact 5.7.3
> 
> I am able to generate app specific password via google account, but
> switching to plane is not possible. 
> 
> Whenever i put imap.gmail.com as imap server address, the password option
> get gray with no possibility to set password. 
> 
> BTW There are only 2 places in Kontact I can find plain authentication: smtp
> settings, which I believe is not the one to change, but in imap settings
> there is only Sieve settings have this option. Is this the place to change
> to plain? anyway this is also greyed-out when gmail is imap server.
> 
> Could somebody please produce step by step instructions for this workaround
> so that more people like me - not being power users could work with gmail
> accounts / calendars / contacts?
> 
> have a nice day
> Piotr

Just as comment 67 outlined, what I meant with "create the gmail account
normally" was to create just as if the 2-factor auth worked. It will fail to
complete as previously said, but then you can go in the settings and modify
them manually.

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