Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!reader5.news.weretis.net!news.solani.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: nobody@nowhere.invalid (Marc Olschok) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: download email from gmail regularly Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:05:11 -0000 (UTC) Sender: quarc Message-ID: References: <87o7d75t8c.fsf@yaxenu.org> <871qa26d1e.fsf@yaxenu.org> <87ttmwoq89.fsf@yaxenu.org> <87il3cmblf.fsf@yaxenu.org> <5n9m8k-6ae.ln1@paranoia.mcleod-schmidt.id.au> Injection-Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2024 23:05:11 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: solani.org; logging-data="1243013"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@news.solani.org" User-Agent: tin/2.4.4-20191224 ("Millburn") (Linux/5.4.0-162-generic (x86_64)) Cancel-Lock: sha1:AuaMEdq+jwmgG9ez851bJQ5Goiw= X-User-ID: eJwNxsEBwCAIA8CVRCDIOIDN/iPYe50rBBMGhzmd2mGVlVeLnayeuOts2qUkVbjOH8DWxp6vHjLzEZY= Xref: csiph.com comp.mail.misc:1174 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 writes: >> > [SNIP] >>> For a normal Google Account, this URL should get you there directly: >>> >>> >>> >>> 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.