as expressed more than once, I can still reach my first and older
gmail account with lynx in basic html, do this several times a day.
To be sure, perhaps only newer accounts are generating the problem.
Fully realizing that alpine quality strongly flows from talent, we
have
it via dreamhost for my office e-mail. It times out while reading
items several times a day and crashes regularly...likely tied to the
dreamhost shell configuration more than anything else.
On Wed, 6 Nov 2019, dan d. wrote:
> > Alpine is another text only cli mail client that can pull down
gmail > with an imap or pop connection. It is configured in the
alpine setup > section.
> > I'm reading this message via that approach.
> > I have had an email account for some years and it still allows
lynx > access. I think at some fairly recent point existing
accounts were
> grandfathered in and new accounts refused using lynx.
> > On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > > shellworld?
> > I have no idea, as I have not needed to look.
> > How does mutt manage the need for a browser, to follow e-mail
links > > for
> > example?
> > > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Jude DaShiell wrote:
> > > > > Has that shell service got mutt available? Reason I ask
is mutt > > > can be
> > > used to read and reply to gmail once set up correctly and
there's > > > lots
> > > of support for setting it up with gmail on the internet.
> > > > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > > > > > > Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2019 12:02:47
> > > > From: Karen Lewellen <address@hidden>
> > > > To: Mouse <address@hidden>
> > > > Cc: address@hidden
> > > > Subject: Re: [Lynx-dev] reaching gmail in basic html?
> > > > > > > > The Thunderbird story is interesting because prior
to now I > > > > could use elinks
> > > > and links, which both can incorporate JavaScript to reach
my > > > > research gmail
> > > > account.
> > > > They no longer allow it though because google claims it is
not the > > > > right kind
> > > > of JavaScript.
> > > > Generally speaking I too would love learning how this is
done. > > > > Presently
> > > > although I use DOS, the only internet access I have comes
from > > > > using a dos
> > > > ssh telnet client to a shell service. Nothing from my
desktop.
> > > > so please share more details all the way around.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 5 Nov 2019, Mouse wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > gmail supports POP3 and IMAP access,
> > > > > > > > > > My experience is that gmail supports POP and
IMAP only if you > > > > > are using
> > > > > one of a few blessed clients, all of which are huge
crawling GUI
> > > > > horrors. Sometimes not even then; for example, back when
I was > > > > > fussing
> > > > > with mail for work, gmail refused to talk to the
Thunderbird > > > > > that was
> > > > > installed on my work laptop, claiming its encryption was
> > > > > insufficient
> > > > > in some (unspecified, as far as I can recall) respect. So
I was > > > > > forced
> > > > > onto the HTML interface. I've been using lynx with the
basic > > > > > HTML view
> > > > > and it's been working for me, but perhaps I'm just being
> > > > > grandfathered;
> > > > > I haven't meddled with the settings in quite a while now.
> > > > > > > > > > I really wish that job would move their mail to
somewhere > > > > > civilized.
> > > > > > > > > > > and it appears there are old versions of
Pegasus Mail > > > > > > available, that
> > > > > > run on MS-DOS and support these with no Windows
environment > > > > > > present.
> > > > > > > > > > If one of them works, great, but don't be too
surprised if gmail > > > > > isn't
> > > > > interested in talking to clients that old. (If it does
work, > > > > > please
> > > > > mention it here; I'd like to try again if it appears
they've > > > > > relaxed
> > > > > the stringency of their stance.)
> > > > > > > > > > /~\ The ASCII Mouse
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