* Dan Dunfee <ddun...@club.cc.cmu.edu> [04-11-23 17:34]:
> Hello Anton,
>
> I 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.
>
> What are the steps to get this additional gmail "app password" for use as
> "secret_app_password" in muttrc?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dan
> > >
> > > 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
> >
just google for "gmail app password"
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