From PC Mag: Google is making a change to Gmail that could disrupt your access to third-party email services if you rely on the POP3 protocol.
In a support page, the company announced that Gmail will stop supporting POP (Post Office Protocol), which lets email programs access a third-party mail server.
“Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts through POP,” the company wrote. The change takes effect Jan. 1, and also ends the company’s Gmailify spam protection-related service for third-party email accounts.
Google is dropping POP3, citing security. Although the company didn’t specify the threat, POP3 can be unencrypted, allowing usernames and passwords to be sent over plain text. The protocol also doesn’t support two-factor authentication. Another issue is that POP will download messages from a mail server, which could include malicious attachments.
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