Re: webmail and email from command line

[loredana <llcfree@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:51 PM Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> wrote:

> Running using 2fa may be possible with non-browser apps if your security
> records indicate you ran with what google considers an untrusted app and
> google has it listed.  You can generate an app-specific password for the
> non-browser app and will need to save it.  Then you modify your
> non-browser app settings on local machine and key in that app-specific
> password in place of the other password you used earlier.  This has been
> documented for mutt as being possible and may work for other non-browser
> apps too.  You'll need to give google a mobile number for account
> recovery and the like too.

Yes, that should work too (see the first mail in this thread).

But ... what stopped me and made me think is: what if I prefer to have
access to "my" mail without giving up a mobile or not so mobile
telephone number?

I am happier if this is made possible for everybody who prefer so via
a free application. Not sure gmailieer is going to work, not until I
try it. Bu it looks promising.

Cheers,
Loredana