Oh I imagine it is..but I am not a programmer.
Part of my professional life gets spent trying to configure Alpine, which
dreamhost provides the company for whom I work.
I end up with rhs timeouts to the imap server, and lost emails, and
closing inboxes, and clutter over and over again.
If I am forthright, I would pay gmail for the right to keep using basic
html, or someone else to configure this mess so I can get back to work and
contact with the scores of resources who use this gmail address.
May be one reason why I am unsure I would personally use Linux as my only
operating system, even if I could.
its wonderful magical clay to be sure, but I prefer just buying the cup so
I can get a drink lol.
Given what I have been reading on the Debian list about what challenges
folks there encounter getting gmail to work with imap, even using
Thunderbird?
I respect the gifts others have for scripting and the like, but my talents
lie elsewhere.
Kare
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023, Henry Yen wrote:
yes, handy for testing. to use as a full-fledged email client, some
configuration is necessary, though really not any more than any other client
(outgoing SMTP server, accounts/identities, etc.). mutt is very powerful,
with the ability to run macros/scripts at lots of important junctures.
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 10:01:57AM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi,
Thanks for these details.
What does the "handy" read only flag provide?
My goal is to access this account fully, not simply to read email,
although as a test it should be handy.
Unless it has changed, the code would indeed come to the alternative
address google has on file, instead of to a sell phone..but it has been
about a year.
Thanks,
Karen
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023, Henry Yen wrote:
according to google, you will have to use "app password" as a password
to your gmail account (to keep your overall google password safe).
to do that, you need to first turn on "2-step verification", then
generate the app password (i think it's in the 2-step-verification
section).
in addition, yes, there's an "enable imap" (and some imap-related
settings) in gmail account settings.
you will have to respond to the code that google sends when first turning
on 2-step verification. but once you've generated the app password for
gmail-imap, i don't think google will send any codes merely to access
gmail via imap.
most of this is in step 2 and step 3 of the general instructions:
https://support.google.com/a/answer/9003945
two other notes:
1. imap access has to be via ssl-imap.
2. there's a handy "Read Only" flag on mutt, so the command line should be:
mutt -R -f imaps://username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 08:09:58AM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi,
so for the following to work.
mutt -f imap://lewellen.kd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Something would have to be turned on in my gmail settings?
I got interrupted system call when I tried.
as shared, testing with another gmail account before tampering with my
main one.
Karen
On Mon, 20 Nov 2023, Henry Yen wrote:
my reading is that google/gmail will start requiring a more complicated
method of connecting to gmail server emailboxes in about 9 months.
in the meantime, plain imap access will still work.
mutt can access an emailbox via imap simply enough, like:
mutt -f imap://username@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
my reading also suggests that the ability for an imap client to connect
to gmail requires a setting in one's gmail account.
On Mon, Nov 20, 2023 at 05:30:59AM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi folks,
I still have direct access to basic html, at least until this morning.
Google is forcing the issue, a change to standard view, requiring a
captcha to ahem confirm it is me.
I understand some folks use mutt, which is likely installed on
shellworld.
Before I tamper with my main gmail account though, I am considering a
test, I have a second gmail account I have not reached independently for
some time.
its set to forward..not solid as I have no access to my actual inbox.
I am told though that mutt may do the trick, but as I only use Linux via
shellworld, want a safe test, needing information.
Anyone use mutt that can lend documentation, or a hand?
Thanks,
Kare
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Henry Yen Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
Senior Systems Programmer Hicksville, New York