Re: reaching gmail in basic html?

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On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> I had to create a new account on google since my original account got
> taken over after I enabled two-factor authentication.  I can access my
> account using mutt and it turns out edbrowse will also work.
> The edbrowse app requires a directory structure be created described in
> the .ebrc file dropped into a user directory the first time edbrowse is
> run.  The .ebrc file has to have things changed in it for user's real
> gmail accounts too.  So anyone uncomfortable doing these tasks had best
> not run edbrowse.  Anyone wishing to use edbrowse will have to locate
> the user manual for it where they use it and will need to read and do
> the learning curve.  This is a powerful and unique tool, so use
> accordingly or handle the consequences.
>
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, dan d. wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 12:26:05
>> From: dan d. <[email protected]>
>> To: Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
>> Cc: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]>, Mouse <[email protected]>,
>>     [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] reaching gmail in basic html?
>>
>>
>> Alpine is another text only cli mail client that can pull down gmail with an imap or pop connection.  It is configured in the alpine setup section.
>>
>> I'm reading this message via that approach.
>>
>> I have had an email account for some years and it still allows lynx access.  I think at some fairly recent point existing accounts were
>> grandfathered in and new accounts refused using lynx.
>>
>> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>
>>> shellworld?
>>> I have no idea, as I have not needed to look.
>>> How does mutt manage the need for a browser, to follow e-mail links for
>>> example?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:
>>>
>>>> Has that shell service got mutt available?  Reason I ask is mutt can be
>>>> used to read and reply to gmail once set up correctly and there's lots
>>>> of support for setting it up with gmail on the internet.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:02:47
>>>>> From: Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
>>>>> To: Mouse <[email protected]>
>>>>> Cc: [email protected]
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] reaching gmail in basic html?
>>>>>
>>>>> The Thunderbird story is interesting because prior to  now I could use elinks
>>>>> and links, which both can incorporate JavaScript to reach my research   gmail
>>>>> account.
>>>>> They no longer allow it though because google claims it is not the right kind
>>>>> of JavaScript.
>>>>> Generally speaking I too would love learning how this is done.  Presently
>>>>> although I use DOS, the only internet access I have comes from  using a dos
>>>>> ssh  telnet client to a shell service.  Nothing from my desktop.
>>>>> so  please share more details all the way around.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Mouse wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> gmail supports POP3 and IMAP access,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My experience is that gmail supports POP and IMAP only if you are using
>>>>>> one of a few blessed clients, all of which are huge crawling GUI
>>>>>> horrors.  Sometimes not even then; for example, back when I was fussing
>>>>>> with mail for work, gmail refused to talk to the Thunderbird that was
>>>>>> installed on my work laptop, claiming its encryption was insufficient
>>>>>> in some (unspecified, as far as I can recall) respect.  So I was forced
>>>>>> onto the HTML interface.  I've been using lynx with the basic HTML view
>>>>>> and it's been working for me, but perhaps I'm just being grandfathered;
>>>>>> I haven't meddled with the settings in quite a while now.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I really wish that job would move their mail to somewhere civilized.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and it appears there are old versions of Pegasus Mail available, that
>>>>>>> run on MS-DOS and support these with no Windows environment present.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If one of them works, great, but don't be too surprised if gmail isn't
>>>>>> interested in talking to clients that old.  (If it does work, please
>>>>>> mention it here; I'd like to try again if it appears they've relaxed
>>>>>> the stringency of their stance.)
>>>>>>
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