From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 45237158094 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:30:03 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 640A3E0A99; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:29:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from barracuda.ebox.ca (barracuda.ebox.ca [96.127.255.19]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 950A8E0A90 for ; Thu, 30 Jun 2022 01:29:54 +0000 (UTC) X-ASG-Debug-ID: 1656552592-0c856e6b033a7710001-LfjuLa Received: from smtp.ebox.ca (smtp.ebox.ca [96.127.255.82]) by barracuda.ebox.ca with ESMTP id HVK9sAfvn3q62tpU (version=TLSv1 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:29:52 -0400 (EDT) X-Barracuda-Envelope-From: waltdnes@waltdnes.org X-Barracuda-RBL-Trusted-Forwarder: 96.127.255.82 Received: from waltdnes.org (unknown [198.58.217.41]) by smtp.ebox.ca (Postfix) with SMTP id D2DAE441B21 for ; Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:29:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: by waltdnes.org (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:30:09 -0400 X-Barracuda-RBL-IP: 198.58.217.41 X-Barracuda-Effective-Source-IP: 198-58-217-41.on.cable.ebox.net[198.58.217.41] X-Barracuda-Apparent-Source-IP: 198.58.217.41 From: "Walter Dnes" Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 21:30:09 -0400 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Google pop3 authentication failure Message-ID: X-ASG-Orig-Subj: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Google pop3 authentication failure References: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Barracuda-Connect: smtp.ebox.ca[96.127.255.82] X-Barracuda-Start-Time: 1656552592 X-Barracuda-Encrypted: AES128-SHA X-Barracuda-URL: https://96.127.255.19:443/cgi-mod/mark.cgi X-Virus-Scanned: by bsmtpd at ebox.ca X-Barracuda-Scan-Msg-Size: 953 X-Barracuda-BRTS-Status: 1 X-Barracuda-Spam-Score: 0.00 X-Barracuda-Spam-Status: No, SCORE=0.00 using global scores of TAG_LEVEL=1000.0 QUARANTINE_LEVEL=1000.0 KILL_LEVEL=5.0 tests= X-Barracuda-Spam-Report: Code version 3.2, rules version 3.2.3.99049 Rule breakdown below pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- X-Archives-Salt: 76439717-983a-48f9-96f1-b9371a8d855b X-Archives-Hash: f7c024fe47c26b03e4f3d947f49de7f6 On Wed, Jun 29, 2022 at 10:26:55PM -0000, Grant Edwards wrote > > AFAIK, you've got two choices. > > 1. Use an "app password" > > https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833 > https://www.lifewire.com/get-a-password-to-access-gmail-by-pop-imap-2-1171882 > > 2. Use OAUTH 2.0 > > https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap/xoauth2-protocol > https://oauth.net/2/ I looked at those instructions and also at setting up mutt, which I currently use. Clear as mud. After scratching my head for several minutes, I really wanted to scrap my Gmail account altogether, but it might screw up some other stuff I do with Google. I very rarely use Gmail, and I do know how to access Gmail via web browser. So I commented the Gmail stanza out of my .fetchmailrc and I'll use web browser to access Gmail. -- Walter Dnes I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications