Re: Setup for sending mail via Mutt

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 10:04=E2=80=AFAM Julia Lawall <[email protected]=
r> wrote:

Hi Julia,

Given this information from Gmail:
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Gmail users with a personal Google Account

Starting January 2025, the option to choose =E2=80=9CEnable IMAP=E2=80=9D o=
r =E2=80=9CDisable
IMAP=E2=80=9D won't be available. IMAP access is always turned on in Gmail,
and your current connections to other email clients aren=E2=80=99t affected=
.
You don=E2=80=99t need to take any action.
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One cannot enable IMAP as the current "Gmail set up" text suggests
and in the same vein there are no configuration instructions to copy
except copying
the app password to password line of the .esmtprc file.

identity "[email protected]"
hostname smtp.gmail.com:587
username "[email protected]"
password "ThisIsNotARealPassWord" --- app password to be placed here
starttls required

> I'm not completely sure what the suggestion is.  The current text is:
>
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> Gmail set up
>
> In gmail, go click the gear icon, go to "Settings", go to the tab
> "Forwarding POP/IMAP", and click "Enable IMAP", then click on "Save
> Changes".
>
> Then click the "Configuration instructions" link at the very bottom of th=
e
> page. Note the outgoing mail server information in "Step 2", and copy it
> into the .esmtprc file, as shown in the next section.
>
> Next, make sure two-step verification is enabled on your gmail account,
> then generate and use App Password.
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> What should it become?

This is what I suggest that it becomes:

Gmail set up

Enable two-step verification
(https://myaccount.google.com/signinoptions/two-step-verification) if
not enabled on your gmail account, then generate and use App Password
(https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=3Den), copy password
to password line of the .esmtprc file.

Richard Akintola