Re: Configuring GMail account in balsa

On 2020.05.14 11:51, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi José,
> 
> Welcome to the list!
> 
> On 05/14/2020 08:33:56 AM Thu, José Romildo Malaquias via balsa-list  
> wrote:
>> I would like to experiment the balsa email client with a GMail  
>> account, and I would like to have some guidance on how to set it up.  
>> It is not clear to me how to fill the wizard dialogs with entries  
>> appropriate for GMail.
>> 
>> Any help is welcome.
> 
> I use IMAP to manage my GMail accounts. It's not very satisfactory,  
> as their implementation of the IMAP protocol seems slow and perhaps  
> incomplete. If you would like to try it, here's what I suggest for a  
> start:
> 
> Name of mail server: imap.gmail.com
> Type of mail server: IMAP
> Connection security: SSL
> Your email login name: Your GMail address
> Your password: I believe you will need to get an "application  
> password" from Google
> 
> Others may use different settings--this is just what I have found to  
> work.
I also have balsa configured to access GMail.  For IMAP, my settings  
seem the same as Peter's, although I don't remember having to set up an  
"application password" although doing so might be better security.   
However, I primarily use POP3
Server:  pop.gmail.com
Security:  POP3 over SSL
Username and Pass Phrase:  same as for IMAP

For outgoing SMTP:
Server:  smtp.gmail.com
Security:  TLS required
Name/Password:  as above.

For POP3, you will need to check the gmail's "allow less secure  
applications" checkbox.  I haven't looked at this in a long time, but  
as I remember, it is required for ANY application that doesn't use  
OAUTH2.  It really doesn't have anything to do with how secure an  
application is or is not.

Jack