Using this Git:
$ git --version
git version 2.5.1
With this configuration:
$ git config --list | grep imap
imap.folder=[Gmail]/Drafts
imap.host=imaps://imap.gmail.com
If I run this command:
cat 0001-alpha.patch | git imap-send
This is the result:
Resolving imap.gmail.com... ok
Connecting to [2607:f8b0:400e:c03::6d]:993... ok
Logging in...
Username for 'imaps://imap.gmail.com':
Password for 'imaps://[email protected]':
IMAP command 'LOGIN <user> <pass>' returned response (NO) - [ALERT] Please log in via your
web browser: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)
*** IMAP ALERT *** Please log in via your web browser:
https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)
IMAP error: LOGIN failed
failed to open store
Strangely, it still asks for credentials and fails even if I am already logged in via my
browser. How can I use git imap-send with Gmail?
To fix this, I had to turn on access for less secure apps.