前の答えはもはや正確ではありません。最近リリースされたGmailAPIでは、特に「読み取り専用」スコープが許可されています。これは、 https ://developers.google.com/gmail/api/auth/scopesにあります。
「読み取り専用」スコープは次のとおりです:https ://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.readonly
Read all resources and their metadata—no write operations.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.compose
Create, read, update, and delete drafts. Send messages and drafts.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.send
Send messages only. No read or modify privileges on mailbox.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.insert
Insert and import messages only.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.labels
Create, read, update, and delete labels only.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.modify
All read/write operations except immediate, permanent deletion of threads and messages, bypassing Trash.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.metadata
Read resources metadata including labels, history records, and email message headers, but not the message body or attachments.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.basic
Manage basic mail settings.
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/gmail.settings.sharing
Manage sensitive mail settings, including forwarding rules and aliases.
Note: Operations guarded by this scope are restricted to administrative use only. They are only available to G Suite customers using a service account with domain-wide delegation.
https://mail.google.com/
Full access to the account, including permanent deletion of threads and messages. This scope should only be requested if your application needs to immediately and permanently delete threads and messages, bypassing Trash; all other actions can be performed with less permissive scopes.