Marc Lytle via Alpine-info said on Sat, 18 May 2024 16:59:04 -0700
>Hello all,
>
>I have set up Alpine with Gmail and I'm able to successfully connect
>to the Gmail account and access/send email. The issue is that this
>just stops working after a couple of days.
Why gmail? It's notoriously diffi
Brian S. Baker [VIA BBUS] said on Thu, 23 May 2024 12:53:57 +
>To the issue hand. Says that Gmail is notoriously difficult to set up
>using Alpine.
Or Claws-Mail or pretty much any other email client.
>I don’t doubt that, but just from my experience just
>because you own your own domain fo
Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info said on Thu, 23 May 2024 15:21:13 +0200
>On 2024-05-23 12:20, Steve Litt via Alpine-info wrote:
>> Marc Lytle via Alpine-info said on Sat, 18 May 2024 16:59:04 -0700
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I have set up Alpine with
Karen Lewellen said on Sun, 26 May 2024 21:39:12 -0400 (EDT)
>Steve,
>I am going to slot into your idea the situation Marc raised from the
>start.
>If you were using adaptive technology, either due to blindness, or
>paraplegia, or any comparative situation, how would you effortlessly
>and inde
Karen Lewellen said on Sun, 26 May 2024 22:14:14 -0400 (EDT)
>Chime,
>I still agree with some others.
> Speaking personally, the most efficient way to interface gmail with
> alpine
>is to use Imap create an app password specifically for alpine, and
>configure accordingly.
>Although there are s
Andrew C Aitchison said on Mon, 27 May 2024 13:50:46 +0100 (BST)
>Alpine officially supports OAUTH2 with GMail. I don't know about
>procmail, but fetchmail officially *does not* support OAUTH2 with
>GMail.
The point I've been trying to make is not to use gmail and ways not to
use it. The fetchmai
Karen Lewellen said on Mon, 27 May 2024 11:25:23 -0400 (EDT)
>How would you do this in DOS?
If by DOS you mean 1980's 1990's MS-DOS or PC-DOS, I haven't a clue.
1985-1996 I was a DOS expert, but haven't used it this century and have
forgotten it all. Karen, I thought you were using Linux.
If you
Cottrell, Allin via Alpine-info said on Mon, 27 May 2024 18:53:51 -0400
>Me too. I find it hard to see what all the fuss is about. I like using
>gmail for some things, prefer alpine for other things,
Wait a minute. Has this discussion been about Alpine vs a gmail
webmail? I thought it was about
Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info said on Thu, 6 Jun 2024 13:24:19 +0200
>Don't.
>
>Seriously, do not use pop3.
Why not?
I don't mean my question as a challenge, and my fetchmail fetches from
IMAP already. I'm just curious what is bad about POP3.
SteveT
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