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Re: Claws email

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2025 21:14:31 +0300, Anton Shepelev wrote:

> Jim the Geordie:
> 
>> I'm trying to set up Claws email client.  It seems that
>> Gmail no longer supports 'less-secure' apps.
> 
> Nope, it still supports them, via so called app passwords.
> 
>> Does this make it impossible to use Gmail accounts on
>> Claws, or is there another way?
> 
> I think not.  I myself access Gmail with Sylpheed, of which
> Claws is a branch.
> 
> My complete Gmail settings for Sylpheed are:
> 
>   Basic:
>     Server for receiving: imap.gmail.com
>     SMTP server         : smtp.gmail.com
>     User ID             : // my e-mail address
>     Password            : // my Gmail app password
>   Receive:
>     IMAP4:
>       Authentification method: PLAIN
>   Send:
>     Authentification:
>       SMTP Authentifiation   : // check
>       Authentification method:
>       User ID                : // empty
>       Password               : // empty
>   SSL:
>     IMAP4: Use SSL for IMAP4 connection
>     SMTP : Use SSL for SMTP connection
> 
> This works in Sylpheed 3.7.0.  In some of the later versions
> they tried to add some support for this new abominable
> authentification method involving a browswer, which never
> worked for me, so I had to stay with 3.7.0.
> 
>> All I'm trying to do is find an email client which will do
>> what Thunderbird does without it using a big chunk of
>> memory (and is free and will take 4 addresses of various
>> kinds) and makes the tea and lays golden eggs :)
> 
> Have you considered ditching Gmail altogether?  There are
> many other e-mail providers, small and big, free and paid.
> And there are great tools for migrating IMAP mailboxes.
> 
> Try Pegasus Mail: <https://www.pmail.com/index.htm>

There is no SSL in Claws
-- 
Jim the Geordie

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