Hi, Dan,
On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 01:36:08PM -0400, Dan Dunfee wrote:
> [...]
> I want to connect using imap with an gmail account which I hear requires
> some additional security steps these days.
> [...]
For me gmail with mutt via imap to read and smtp to send works fine.
Some time ago i created "app password" via gmail web interface and it
works just perfect since approximately 6 months that way.
>
> Has anyone info/experience about such a mutt imap gamil connection
> possibility?
>
here is relevant snippet from my .muttrc:
# Smtp settings for gmail sending {
set smtp_url = "smtps://anton.sharo...@smtp.gmail.com"
set smtp_pass = "my_very_secret_app_password"
# }
# gmail imap specific {
set ssl_starttls=yes
set ssl_force_tls=yes
set imap_user = "anton.sharo...@gmail.com"
set imap_pass = "my_very_secret_app_password"
set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/bSpool
# gmail imap specific }
i have configured via gmail web interface a filter to assign a label
"bSpool" to every incoming mail. That way, working with them in mutt
allows me to just delete messages, which i read, via mutt - and gmail
removes the label "bSpool" from them as a result. At the same time all
messages are still kept on server labeled potenially somehow differently
(my labels were configured long ago before i started to use mutt, and i
like to keep all messages in my gmail box anyway to access them from
other devices).
i saw as well recommendation to use:
set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
and suspect it will really delete messages from gmail server if you
delete them from within mutt - but it was never my goal and i never
tested such possibility.
Hope that helps, Anton
