On Freitag, 5. Oktober 2018 03:18:55 CEST inkbottle wrote: > On Friday, October 5, 2018 3:10:45 AM CEST you wrote: > > On Thursday, October 4, 2018 9:17:25 PM CEST Frank Mehnert wrote: > > > Since the recent kdepim upgrade I cannot read e-mails with kmail > > > anymore. > > > First I thought I can fix it like proposed by inkbottle but my problem > > > seems to be different: > > > > > > When kmail tries to synchronize the imap resource for my gmail account > > > then > > > the QtWebKit window is shown asking for my credentials. I pass my usual > > > > In my case, after I changed imap.gmail.com to imap.googlemail.com, and > > reentered my password, both action being performed inside Kmail-Settings, > > I > > am not asked anymore for *credentials*: > > > > I mean, after performing the above modifications, it's a whole "new" > > account, from the point of view of kmail, the one previously existing > > using > > "imap.gmail.com" has been ditched altogether. > > > > And from that point onward, I'm not bothered by any popup dialogue: which > > origin I do not know (even if it claims it is Google, I've got not way to > > verify that information), and which therefore I obviously do not trust. > > > > (Again, I did had the "credential"-popup after log-in. But I dismissed it, > > I answered cancel; Then I did the "hack". And the popup never came back) > > > > It behaves exactly as "the next guy", and not at all after any specific > > Google/Oauth pattern. > > > > The trick about using imap.googlemail.com in place of imap.gmail.com, I've > > probably learned it here, on that list, or on irc: in any case, googling > > with those keywords could provide further clues. > > > > (I understand there is no warranty that imap.googlemail.com will perform > > as > > described above, it might depends on the area you live in, or whatever) > > You also probably have to allow for "less secure connections/authentication" > on you google account: But I believe that has been done already.
I just re-enabled this settings and are back to SSL/TLS / clear text but one of the benefits of the recent kdepim upgrade is being able to disable that setting finally (and not getting the annoying reminders from Google). And I changed the IMAP server to imap.googlemail.com and fixed my password as well but still, not being able to read e-mail using SSL/TLS / gmail :-( I reported my bug upstream https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=399389 but so far no response. Kind regards, Frank > [...]
