Visual FoxPro

GMail App Password

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Demonstrates how to authenticate using an app password with GMail for IMAP and SMTP. Visual FoxPro

LOCAL lnSuccess
LOCAL loImap
LOCAL loMailman

lnSuccess = 0

* This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
* See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

* Starting May 30, 2022, Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices 
* which ask you to sign in to your Google Account using only your username and password.

* Instead of authenticating with your GMail username/password, a GMail user can create an App Password
* and then login using their username/app_password.   It's literally the same, except it allows a GMail
* account owner to isolate passwords to specific applications.

* The Gmail account owner would first need to make sure she has 2-Step Verification setup for her account.
* Note: The 2FA verification is not a factor when authenticating with an app password. The 2FA is required
* to setup app passwords in the Google account console.  See Sign in with App Passwords

* After the GMail account owner has setup his app password, he simply uses the app password instead of his GMail account password.

* For example:
loImap = CreateObject('Chilkat.Imap')

loImap.Ssl = 1
loImap.Port = 993

lnSuccess = loImap.Connect("imap.gmail.com")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loImap.Login("user@gmail.com","srnyyvqajocnsvdp")
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loImap.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "IMAP Success!"

* For SMTP..

loMailman = CreateObject('Chilkat.MailMan')

loMailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.gmail.com"

loMailman.SmtpUsername = "user@gmail.com"
loMailman.SmtpPassword = "srnyyvqajocnsvdp"

loMailman.SmtpSsl = 1
loMailman.SmtpPort = 465

lnSuccess = loMailman.SmtpConnect()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    RELEASE loMailman
    CANCEL
ENDIF

lnSuccess = loMailman.SmtpAuthenticate()
IF (lnSuccess = 0) THEN
    ? loMailman.LastErrorText
    RELEASE loImap
    RELEASE loMailman
    CANCEL
ENDIF

? "SMTP Success!"

RELEASE loImap
RELEASE loMailman