As an aside, I've also just tried logging in to Gmail via IMAP. It only worked for me after creating an app password (got error messages about invalid credentials before that).
I appreciate that this isn't the issue with the widget but it's still interesting (to me, at least!). On Mon, 7 Dec 2020, 09:22 elParaguayo, <[email protected]> wrote: > Kai, > > Apologies! I hadn't seen that your email showed that the code worked. My > phone just showed your first line "I'm not using it, so I leave that up to > OP." and hid the rest. > > Now that we know it's not a security issue, we can do some more digging. > > On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 08:00:07 UTC elParaguayo wrote: > >> I did say it was a guess! >> >> I haven't used Gmail via IMAP for a very long time and I have seen posts >> in other groups where security changes have caused issues. >> >> However, your experiences are clearly more recent than mine so I think OP >> can safely disregard my comment. >> >> >> On Sun, 6 Dec 2020, 21:27 Kai Stian Olstad, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:37:19AM -0800, elParaguayo wrote: >>> > My guess is this app doesn't work because Google updated security so >>> you >>> > can't use standard username and password because it's not secure. They >>> used >>> > to have the ability to allow access to less secure apps but I think >>> you now >>> > have to generate a separate password for the app. Could be wrong >>> though! >>> >>> I don't understand how you arrived to that conclusion since your >>> commands did >>> work without the slef. part. >>> I also use IMAP against Gmail with offlineimap, Neomutt and Thunderbird >>> on a >>> daily basis. >>> >>> -- >>> Kai Stian Olstad >>> >>> -- >>> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "qtile-dev" group. >>> >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/20201206212716.pmdt5chav2lmgqqc%40olstad.com >>> . >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qtile-dev/VCXEJr_H7qk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/888da12d-8a34-4593-a494-a0d83bea04aan%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/888da12d-8a34-4593-a494-a0d83bea04aan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADPQLhCoGh1n-K8z%2B%3DB4E8rvvzwnXd-Ky2j91Zuh-yiuxseF1g%40mail.gmail.com.
