SQL Server

GMail App Password

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Demonstrates how to authenticate using an app password with GMail for IMAP and SMTP. SQL Server

-- Important: See this note about string length limitations for strings returned by sp_OAMethod calls.
--
CREATE PROCEDURE ChilkatSample
AS
BEGIN
    DECLARE @hr int
    -- Important: Do not use nvarchar(max).  See the warning about using nvarchar(max).
    DECLARE @sTmp0 nvarchar(4000)
    DECLARE @success int
    SELECT @success = 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:
    DECLARE @imap int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.Imap', @imap OUT
    IF @hr <> 0
    BEGIN
        PRINT 'Failed to create ActiveX component'
        RETURN
    END

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Ssl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @imap, 'Port', 993

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Connect', @success OUT, 'imap.gmail.com'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @imap, 'Login', @success OUT, 'user@gmail.com', 'srnyyvqajocnsvdp'
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @imap, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'IMAP Success!'

    -- For SMTP..

    DECLARE @mailman int
    EXEC @hr = sp_OACreate 'Chilkat.MailMan', @mailman OUT

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpHost', 'smtp.gmail.com'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpUsername', 'user@gmail.com'
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPassword', 'srnyyvqajocnsvdp'

    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpSsl', 1
    EXEC sp_OASetProperty @mailman, 'SmtpPort', 465

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SmtpConnect', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END

    EXEC sp_OAMethod @mailman, 'SmtpAuthenticate', @success OUT
    IF @success = 0
      BEGIN
        EXEC sp_OAGetProperty @mailman, 'LastErrorText', @sTmp0 OUT
        PRINT @sTmp0
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
        EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman
        RETURN
      END


    PRINT 'SMTP Success!'

    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @imap
    EXEC @hr = sp_OADestroy @mailman


END
GO