Feature Request/Update

[David Coulson]

If you are using 2-step authentication with Google, you need to utilize application-specific passwords to permit XMPP.

http://support.google.com/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&ctx=ch_b%2F0%2FSmsAuthConfig&answer=185833

Same goes for IMAP, SMTP, etc so nothing to do with Pidgin.


On Jan 15, 2013, at 10:14 AM, Olivier Agustin wrote:

> Hi Pidgin Support,
> 
> First off, Pidgin is the best, so far, 3rd party IM client I have used. 
> 
> Google has implemented a two-tier security verification thing. I would like to know if you have any plans of adopting such feature for gTalk subscribers such as myself. For now, if the 2nd tier is enabled, signing in is impossible. It would be nice if this can be overcome on the next releases.
> 
> Thanks and stay strong!
> 
> -- 
> Olivier Agustin
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