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Re: Claws email

From Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid>
Newsgroups alt.comp.os.windows-10
Subject Re: Claws email
Date 2025-01-16 18:37 +0000
Organization NOYB
Message-ID <vmbgff.13eo.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> (permalink)
References <vmanet$37ctc$1@dont-email.me> <vmaud1.uc0.1@ID-201911.user.individual.net> <vmb95j$37ctc$2@dont-email.me>

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Jim the Geordie <jim@jimxscott.co.uk> wrote:
> 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.

  You mean Claws does not support SSL?

> 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 :)

  An older version of Thunderbird? My 60.9.0 version uses about 130 MB
memory, which isn't small, but is about the same size as (Windows) File
Explorer.

  BTW, as you're using Betterbird to post to Usenet, can't you just use
that for e-mail as well?

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Claws email Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-16 10:36 +0000
  Re: Claws email Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-16 13:09 +0000
    Re: Claws email Jim the Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-16 15:38 +0000
      Re: Claws email Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-01-16 18:37 +0000
        Re: Claws email Jim S <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-17 17:22 +0000
      Re: Claws email Anton Shepelev <anton.txt@g{oogle}mail.com> - 2025-01-17 21:14 +0300
        Re: Claws email Jim The Geordie <jim@jimXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-18 09:56 +0000
          Re: Claws email John Hall <john_nospam@jhall.co.uk> - 2025-01-18 10:41 +0000
            Re: Claws email Jim S <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-18 11:25 +0000
      Re: Claws email Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2025-01-18 16:22 +0100
        Re: Claws email Jim S <jim@jimsXscott.co.uk> - 2025-01-18 16:10 +0000
          Re: Claws email Michael Logies <logies@t-online.de> - 2025-01-18 19:01 +0100

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