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| From | Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-10 |
| Subject | Re: Claws email |
| Date | 2025-01-16 15:38 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vmb95j$37ctc$2@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vmanet$37ctc$1@dont-email.me> <vmaud1.uc0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> |
On 16/01/2025 13:09, Frank Slootweg wrote: > Jim the Geordie <jim@jimxscott.co.uk> wrote: >> I'm trying to set up Claws email client. >> It seems that Gmail no longer supports 'less-secure' apps. > > You can indeed no longer use 'less-secure' apps, but you can use 'App > passwords' instead. That basically means that instead of your Google > account password, you use a special generated password, just for this > purpose. > > I use (Google) 'App passwords' in Thunderbird to access my Gmail > accounts. > > See 'Learn more' on <https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords> > >> Does this make it impossible to use Gmail accounts on Claws, or is there >> another way? Still can't do it. It all seems a bit of a phart. There's no SSL, which Claws mentions in its documentation for v4.3. 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 :) -- Jim the Geordie
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