On Wednesday 25 May 2022 08:34:58 Curt Howland wrote: > On Wednesday 25 May 2022, William Morder via tde-users was heard to > > say: > > Is there any way to configure Kmail to work with Gmail (i.e., using > > 2FA or OAuth2, etc.) without having to get into Gmail itself? > > because, you see, I can't even login on a Gmail page, much less get > > into my account. And yet, until at least the end of this month, I > > can still receive Gmail. > > It's deep and hard to find, but Gmail does have a "unique application > password", generated by Gmail, which when pasted into Kmail works as > a POP3 password for authentication. > > I have Kmail pulling POP3 from port 995 using that function and it's > working fine. Sending from Kmail is by SMTP through my ISP. Yup same as my own settings, except that I almost never send from my Gmail account. > > Curt- By chance, do you mean doing *this*? https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1672544-using-gmail-after-may-30-2022 Out of all my searches, this seemed most likely to address the current issue. If this is what you mean, and I see that others confirm that it works, then I just need to find my way into that dark place where Google keeps it hidden from us, the ordinary exploited users and the true source of their income. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
