Groups | Search | Server Info | Login | Register

Groups > comp.mail.misc > #1162

Re: download email from gmail regularly

Show all headers | View raw

Julieta Shem wrote:
> It seems Gmail is decomissioning username-password authentication.
> Clients will have to use "Sign in with Google".  What happens to all
> download-email programs?  I'm looking for one, in fact.  If I want to
> pull my mail via POP or IMAP today, what would I have to use?
>
> I'd like to read my mail with Gnus (using djb's Maildir storage).  I
> can't stand Gmail any longer.  I'm done.
>
> (*) Other questions
>
> This ``Sign In with Google'' means the downloader would always have to
> ask me for passwords?  I could never just pull gmail without being asked
> for credentials?  (Very annoying.)

I've always just used POP with Gmail, IMAP occasionally too.
Starting a year or two back, they started requiring Oauth2, which means 
a newer email client or falling back to a token for a password.
I used the instructions at 
https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 to generate the token, 
replaced my password with the token and continued on using pop.gmail.com.
Note that you do need to use SSL/TLS to connect and port 995. Port 587 
and STARTTLS for sending using smtp.gmail.com.
I've hardly ever used the web interface, mostly for checking the spam 
folder when an expected email didn't show up.
Dave

Back to comp.mail.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar

Thread

download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 00:51 -0300
  Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 00:55 -0300
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2024-01-27 02:23 -0400
      Re: download email from gmail regularly Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2024-01-27 17:00 +1000
      Re: download email from gmail regularly Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-01-27 14:38 +0000
        Re: download email from gmail regularly Andrzej Adam Filip <anfi@onet.eu> - 2024-01-27 15:43 +0100
        Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 11:59 -0300
        Re: download email from gmail regularly Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-01-27 10:36 -0800
        Re: download email from gmail regularly not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2024-01-28 07:23 +1000
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Eric Pozharski <apple.universe@posteo.net> - 2024-01-27 16:17 +0000
  Re: download email from gmail regularly "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2024-01-27 16:50 +1100
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2024-01-27 17:04 +1000
      Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-27 12:11 -0300
        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
      Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-28 13:37 +0000
        Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-28 22:58 -0300
          Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-29 13:46 +0000
            Re: download email from gmail regularly Julieta Shem <jshem@yaxenu.org> - 2024-01-29 11:57 -0300
              Re: download email from gmail regularly "Gary R. Schmidt" <grschmidt@acm.org> - 2024-01-30 15:15 +1100
                Re: download email from gmail regularly nobody@nowhere.invalid (Marc Olschok) - 2024-01-30 23:05 +0000
                Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-31 16:12 +0000
  Re: download email from gmail regularly Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2024-01-27 08:37 +0000
  Re: download email from gmail regularly immibis <news@immibis.com> - 2024-01-27 14:51 +0100
  Re: download email from gmail regularly Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-01-27 14:29 +0000
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Eric Gillespie <epg@pretzelnet.org> - 2024-02-01 19:00 -0600
      Re: download email from gmail regularly Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-02-02 13:04 +0000
  Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-27 15:23 +0000
  Re: download email from gmail regularly Dave Yeo <dave.r.yeo@gmail.com> - 2024-01-27 10:44 -0800
    Re: download email from gmail regularly Spiros Bousbouras <spibou@gmail.com> - 2024-01-28 05:07 +0000
      Re: download email from gmail regularly Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2024-01-28 13:44 +0000
  Re: download email from gmail regularly Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com.invalid> - 2024-01-29 21:10 -0500
  Re: download email from gmail regularly scott@alfter.diespammersdie.us (Scott Alfter) - 2024-01-30 22:50 +0000

csiph-web