Re: [OT] Setting up getmail to retrieve mails from gmail [Was: Re: [OT] GMail troubles [Was: Re: du-guidelines - point 7]]
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 10:03:41AM -0300, Eduardo M KALINOWSKI wrote:
> Arvind Marathe wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:53 AM, Andrei Popescu
> > <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon,14.Jul.08, 20:44:32, Celejar wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> Note that Gmail can be used via POP or IMAP, without the web interface,
> >>>
> >> I'm wondering, did any of you have problems lately with that? Quite
> >> often in the last weeks I get a mail from my getmail cronjob that my
> >> password was rejected.
> >>
> >
> > I am trying to configure getmail to retrieve mails to my local machine
> > from my gmail account. I have enabled imap in gmail. Also i have been
> > using getmail to retrieve mail from my workplace account for a long
> > time, so i am sure getmail is working fine. Following is my
> > getmailrc-gmail
> >
> > [retriever]
> > type = SimpleIMAPRetriever
> > server = imap.google.com
> > username = bahuroopi
> >
>
> Besides the server problem which you have already noted, the login
> should be the full e-mail 'bahuroopi@gmail.com'.
Doesn't seem to make a difference either way.
Arvind
ps: When i sent mail to d-u using gmail web interface, there used to
be a copy in sent-mail, but i never got the copy i was supposed to get
as a d-u subscriber. Now i am using mutt to send this mail, i wonder
if i will get the copy of my own mail in my gmail box.
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