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

[Jude DaShiell]

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 <address@hidden>
> To: Jude DaShiell <address@hidden>
> Cc: dan d. <address@hidden>, Mouse <address@hidden>,
>     address@hidden
> 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. <address@hidden>
> >> To: Karen Lewellen <address@hidden>
> >> Cc: Jude DaShiell <address@hidden>, Mouse <address@hidden>,
> >>     address@hidden
> >> 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 <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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