Re: reaching gmail in basic html?

That's correct.

I think it's not important if the account is new or old. It depends how 
you logged out the last time with a graphical browser.

Alejandro Lieber

Rosario Argentina

On 7/11/19 14:10, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> Okay, this I can test.
> One question to be absolutely sure.
> The person doing this for me must first log into my gmail  account in 
> a graphical  browser.  Then, they must choose to read  in basic html 
> and log out  in the basic html  session.  yes the password is 
> requested twice, I go through that doing so  in elinks and links.
> Once they log out  perhaps even saving basic html as my preference?, I 
> should  get back in again.
>  will try this evening posting my results.
> In fact, this explains how the problem likely started in  the first 
> place.
> thanks!
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019, Alejandro Lieber wrote:
>
>> Karen:
>> My experience is that:
>>
>> 1)- If you log out of a session of gmail using the GMAIL STANDARD net 
>> view version using Firefox or Chrome, you will NOT BE able to open it 
>> again with a text browser without Java-scripts.
>>
>> 2)- if you log out  a session of gmail using the "GMAIL HTML FOR SLOW 
>> CONNECTIONS" version option at the botton of the page, using Firefox 
>> or Chrome, you will BE able to open it again ad infinitum with a text 
>> browser WITHOUT Java-scripts. You will be asked TWICE for the password.
>>
>> 3)- If you don't have a graphic browser, you'll have to give your 
>> email password  to
>> someone you trust to configure GMAIL in graphic mode, the only way it 
>> can be done.
>>
>> Alejandro Lieber
>> Rosario  Argentina
>>
>> On 6/11/19 22:11, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>>> as expressed more than once, I can still reach my  first and older
>>>  gmail account with lynx in basic html, do this several times a day.
>>>  To be sure, perhaps only  newer accounts are generating the problem.
>>>  Fully realizing that alpine  quality strongly flows from talent, we 
>>> have
>>>  it via dreamhost for  my office e-mail.  It times out while reading
>>>  items several times a day and crashes regularly...likely tied to the
>>>  dreamhost shell configuration more than anything else.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, dan d. wrote:
>>>
>>> > >  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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