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Re: download email from gmail regularly

From nobody@nowhere.invalid (Marc Olschok)
Newsgroups comp.mail.misc
Subject Re: download email from gmail regularly
Date 2024-01-30 23:05 +0000
Message-ID <upbvb7$15ts5$1@solani.org> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <up5orp.l54.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <87ttmwoq89.fsf@yaxenu.org> <up8dn9.oss.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <87il3cmblf.fsf@yaxenu.org> <5n9m8k-6ae.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au>

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On Tue, 30 Jan 2024 05:15:00 Gary R. Schmidt wrote:
> On 30/01/2024 01:57, Julieta Shem wrote:
>> 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:
>> 
> [SNIP]
>>>    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.
> 
> It's not available because 2FA is not activated.
> 
> Everything is predicated on turning 2FA on, and if you don't do that 
> soon you will lose all access to the account.

I had this option activated quite some time ago (I use mailx), and I can
also use the generated password on new machines, but I faintly remember
that google might have removed this option altogether.

-- 
M.O.

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