Re: [Lynx-dev] reaching gmail in basic html?

[dan d.]

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 <address@hidden>
> >> To: Mouse <address@hidden>
> >> Cc: address@hidden
> >> 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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