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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by latchkey on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:12PM (#24425375)
This is fantastic, please support Google Advanced Protection as I cannot add my account as a result of it being enabled on my account.

  "Advanced Protection prevented your Google Account from signing in. This security feature stops most non-Google apps and services from accessing your data to keep your account protected."
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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by dantiberian on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:05PM (#24426467)
> To prevent unauthorized access, Advanced Protection only allows Google apps and verified third-party apps to access your Google Account data, and only with your permission. - https://landing.google.com/advancedprotection/

I didn't realise until now that third-party apps could work with Advanced Protection.

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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by njhaveri on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @06:49PM (#24426806)
I didn't either. I'll be looking into this. Thanks!
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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by njhaveri on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @12:56AM (#24478007)
I looked into it and it seems by invite only. I get it.
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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by latchkey on Tuesday September 15, 2020 @10:11AM (#24481351)
Thank you for looking into it. I will consider removing it from my account... seems to only add barriers that are vendor lock in and not actual security.
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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by pvg on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:39PM (#24425673)
Do you need the full advanced protection setup (hw key required for every session)? It does work with the somewhat less draconian normal key support where the key is required just for new logins.
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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by judge2020 on Thursday September 10, 2020 @12:39AM (#24428946)
AFAIK from my time in the APP, The "blessed session" system doesn't work any differently as I don't recall needing the key to access passwords.google.com or anything like that.
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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by latchkey on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @04:47PM (#24425746)
Yes, I like having something titled 'Advanced Protection' on my central Google account.
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