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
>
> --
> Henry
> Yen
> Aegis Information Systems, Inc.
> Senior Systems Programmer
> Hicksville, New York
>