So I won't pretend this is without security issues. I have an understanding of it, but not sure I know the exact severity. I'm wanting to have a script that checks if there are any new emails in/on my account. Someone?

Having NR check email - feasability and security questions

jbudd 1 August 2025 10:41 4

I know that it used to be possible to read gmail from Node-red, I even wrote a howto in Gmail "Email-in" node no longer working with username&password - #5 by jbudd

The problem is you need to enable 2 factor authorisation on the account, which makes normal use of gmail more complicated.

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