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Just recently discovered in my own inbox: a notice from Google indicating that they’re going to require OAuth access for third party applications connecting to “Gmail, Google Calendar, Contacts via protocols such as CalDAV, CardDAV, IMAP, SMTP, and POP.” Most modern apps support OAuth already, but there are a number of legacy tools out there that do not — anything where you might have configured an app password to link that third party functionality to your Google (Workspace) account. Starting June 15, 2024, Google will remove the allow “less secure access” app password settings from Google Workspace admin. Currently configured apps and passwords should continue to work until September 30, 2024, at which time support for that functionality will be disabled for Google Workspace users. Read more details here. Does this affect you? Impact here likely isn’t broad, and certainly I’m a fan of better security. But I also do
Andris Reinman, author of Nodemailer and Email Engine, two very handy email-related tools, just published a very handy guide on what SaaS software developers and creators need to know about building or integrating email sending functionality into their platforms. This is a great technically-oriented resource that I find to be a good counterpoint to the deliverability-focused stuff I post all the time.As always, there are many ways to skin a cat (ugh, I hate that phrase), so of course that the way Andris suggests to handle XYZ might not be the only good way to do it, and maybe I’ll even stumble across a suggestion or two that I don’t agree with. But that’s okay, because this is very good stuff overall, and I thank Andris for sharing his thoughts and expertise. That’s what making the email ecosystem a better place is all about. Sharing is caring!Read it here: Email
Remember EML files? Of course you do, but if not, I’ve blogged on the topic here previously.If you need to edit or view the raw headers or source from an email message, you can always just rename that file’s extension, changing it from “.eml” to “.txt” and then opening it up in your favorite text editor.But what if you want to do more? Here are three cool tools that allow you to visualize, extract or edit the content from EML files. What’s great about these is that each of the tools has a different focus.First, there’s emailpreview from Stephanie Griffith. Upon visiting, the first words you’ll see are, “Saving emails is a pain in the ass. We made it easy.” She’s right on both counts. Using this cool tool, you can take an EML file, or a URL, or raw HTML, and create an email preview image that you can…
