Newbie thanks to all for configuration help

[Dan Dunfee]

Thanks to all those who provided info recently for setting up a mutt 
configuration
to use gmail. I will soon be trying the valuable info suggested.

Thanks again,

Dan

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Re: Newbie help for an imap gmailg connection

[Dan Dunfee]

Hello Anton,

I wrote:

> > I want to connect using imap with an gmail account which I hear requires
> > some additional security steps these days.
> > [...]
>
> For me gmail with mutt via imap to read and smtp to send works fine.
> Some time ago i created "app password" via gmail web interface and it
> works just perfect since approximately 6 months that way.

What are the steps to get this additional gmail "app password" for use as
"secret_app_password" in muttrc?

Thanks,

Dan
> >
> > Has anyone info/experience about such a mutt imap gamil connection 
> > possibility?
> >
>
> here is relevant snippet from my .muttrc:
>
> # Smtp settings for gmail sending {
> set smtp_url = "smtps://anton.sharo...@smtp.gmail.com"
> set smtp_pass = "my_very_secret_app_password"
> # }
>
> # gmail imap specific {
> set ssl_starttls=yes
> set ssl_force_tls=yes
> set imap_user = "anton.sharo...@gmail.com"
> set imap_pass = "my_very_secret_app_password"
> set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/bSpool
> # gmail imap specific }
>
> i have configured via gmail web interface a filter to assign a label
> "bSpool" to every incoming mail. That way, working with them in mutt
> allows me to just delete messages, which i read, via mutt - and gmail
> removes the label "bSpool" from them as a result. At the same time all
> messages are still kept on server labeled potenially somehow differently
> (my labels were configured long ago before i started to use mutt, and i
> like to keep all messages in my gmail box anyway to access them from
> other devices).
>
> i saw as well recommendation to use:
>
>
> set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com/INBOX
>
>
> and suspect it will really delete messages from gmail server if you
> delete them from within mutt - but it was never my goal and i never
> tested such possibility.
>
> Hope that helps, Anton
>

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Newbie help for an imap gmailg connection

[Dan Dunfee]

Hello group,

I have no experience with mutt configuration and only a little knowledge of 
using
mutt.  I want to connect using imap with an gmail account which I hear requires
some additional security steps these days.

Has anyone info/experience about such a mutt imap gamil connection possibility? 
 I
use a mac in terminal; with mutt available using a macports port installation:

mutt @2.2.9 with possible installation choices:

Variants: autocrypt, db4, debug, gdbm, [+]gnutls, gpgme, [+]idn, [+]imap, lmdb,
[+]pop, sasl, [+]smtp, sqlite3, ssl

Any help greatly appreciated, a configuration almost ready to go for imap with
gmail best of all. I happen to be a blind computer user.

Dan

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