Hi Carlos,
The person building this solution for me uses Linux as well, Ubuntu 22
plus in fact.
My guess will be it is the alpine associated with that edition of Ubuntu.
What will be happening is that I will ssh into the provided Ubuntu door
finding alpine and using things there.
it seems?
That once one goes through these steps you can use alpine to present the
contents of your gmail inbox?
sending is less of a goal, via gmail at least if that makes sense.
Thanks!
Kare
On Sun, 26 Nov 2023, Carlos E. R. wrote:
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El 2023-11-26 a las 16:26 -0500, Karen Lewellen escribi??:
Currently uses alpine to access their gmail account.
A bit of context
I experience sight loss, with basic html my only direct access to my gmail
account..which has been removed as of last Monday.
I use my gmail account personally and professionally, its lost is quite
quite quite a situation for me.
There is an associate in Toronto who is aiming to provide an email setup,
configuring alpine to access gmail, but he has never configured alpine
before.
As I experience sight loss, and have only accessed my gmail account via
the web interface, I need to
1, be sure what I am told should happen here incorporating imap is what I
expect,
and 2, insure my associate has correct information, all of my alpine
access is via dreamhost, and they do not configure alpine well.
My associate is using Alpine 2.5, which I recall has a tool that allows
one to authenticate to gmail, but I am seeking someone with direct
experience so this gets done to the best of Alpine's ability.
If you are personally doing this, Can you please write me off list?
I absolutely positively do not have the emotional capacity to gamble here,
hoping to connect Ron with someone who knows what they are doing.
[email protected]
thanks,
I use Alpine to receive or read email (for sending I use Postfix in my Linux
machine). I am on version 2.26, so I'm confused by you claiming you use
version 2.5
I do access gmail account, but perhaps not the way you are thinking off.
I do not now how to write a step by step howto, sorry.
The first step is to get an Application Password.
<https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en>
Create & use app passwords
Go to your Google Account.
Select Security.
Under "Signing in to Google," select 2-Step Verification.
At the bottom of the page, select App passwords.
Enter a name that helps you remember where you'll use the app password.
Select Generate.
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/gmail-app-passwords-what-they-are-how-to-create-one-and-why-to-use-them/>
Once you have such a password, you can add the mail account in Alpine and
just give that application password when asked.
This is a sample configuration:
"Gmail" {imap.gmail.com/ssl/[email protected]}INBOX
This way you do not have to use OAuth2, which is a complication.
The sending part I don't know how to handle in Alpine (because I do it using
a Linux system daemon), but the trick is giving it the application password.
HTH, and others may fill in the holes.
- -- Cheers
Carlos E. R.
(from openSUSE 15.5 (Laicolasse))
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