Re: reaching gmail in basic html?

Oh I am not surprised at all.


On Thu, 7 Nov 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:

> It sure did, and that seriously surprised me too.
>
> On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>
>> Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2019 20:42:54
>> From: Karen Lewellen <[email protected]>
>> To: Jude DaShiell <[email protected]>
>> Cc: dan d. <[email protected]>, Mouse <[email protected]>,
>>     [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] reaching gmail in basic html?
>>
>> Wait, your account got hacked after using Google's more secure authentication
>> process?
>>
>>
>>
>> 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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