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Re: download email from gmail regularly

From Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org>
Newsgroups comp.mail.misc
Subject Re: download email from gmail regularly
Date 2024-01-29 11:57 -0300
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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Before anything else, I'd like thank everyone who provided very valuable
help on this thread.  Thank you all!

Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:

> Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
>> Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> writes:
>> 
>> > Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >
>> >> Doesn't this involve going to Google Console and creating this string
>> >> there?  I wouldn't be able to.  It's not an @gmail.com account.  It's an
>> >> account owned by an organization. I suppose many would say---don't use
>> >> such mail account.  I might listen.
>> >
>> >   Elsewhere you said that you're currently use the 'Less secure app
>> > access' (or whatever it's called) setting. If you could set that setting
>> > in the Google Account, why can't you set other settings?
>> 
>> It's not clear to me.  I do not find this "app password" option in my
>> Google Console.  Yes, I'm using less-secure-app succesfully.  People
>> here said that it would require a 2-factor authentication.  So I assume
>> that's why I don't see an option, because I don't have 2-factor
>> authentication set.  
>
>   'Google Console' is an unknown term for me. Probably it's something
> related to your Google Workspace environment.

Sorry.  I'm a terrible Google user.  I should've said Google Account.

  https://myaccount.google.com/

>   For a normal Google Account, this URL should get you there directly:
>
> <https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords>
>
>   And, as I said earlier, in a normal Google Account, you can just enter
> "App passwords" in the search box on the account Home page.

I get

  The setting you are looking for is not available for your account.

I also see a broken robot.  That explains why I can't find it.  It's not
available to me.

>   Hope this helps a bit.

It helped immensely.  Now I understand how much I don't know.  Thanks
very much.

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        Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-27 15:40 +0000
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 11:55 -0300
      Re: download email from gmail regularly "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2024-01-28 17:37 +1100
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        Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-28 22:58 -0300
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