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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by rShergold on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:38PM (#24426224)
This is really interesting work. Have you paid the $15,000 for a security audit Google requires now for accessing the Gmail API.

https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/9110914?hl=en

If so how was your experience going though the audit process?

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Re:Show HN: Mimestream, a native macOS email client for Gmail by njhaveri on Wednesday September 09, 2020 @05:50PM (#24426342)
I had to go through a Google security review process, which took surprisingly long to get through (probably a good thing!). However, the $15k+ 3rd party audit is only necessary if you are running servers that have a copy of client data. Mimestream only caches email data on your Mac, so I didn't have to pay this fee.
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