Gmail OAuth in application

Question

i want to say that i have downloaded mails using mail.dll but now along with that whole procedure of downloading mail i want to use google authentication also while downloading mails from gmail ...but i cant understand how to get there...can u plz help step by step...or provide me with documentation or any link....

Answer 1

It depends on what kind of email application you develop.

If it's the standalone email application please follow the instructions described here:
https://www.limilabs.com/blog/oauth2-gmail-imap-installed-applications

If this is an ASP.NET/web application:
https://www.limilabs.com/blog/oauth2-gmail-imap-web-applications

Finally if you plan to use Gmail service account - that allows domain administrators to access emails of all domain users use:
https://www.limilabs.com/blog/oauth2-gmail-imap-service-account