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Re: webmail and email from command line



On Fri, 16 Aug 2019 10:10:35 +0200
<tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:02:57PM -0400, Celejar wrote:
> > On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 16:24:49 +0000
> > loredana <llcfree@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > > secure applications, this is likely not to be a viable solution (it
> > > seems that google is going to forbit less secure application access
> > > starting November first of this year and it is already a pain to use
> > > it now).
> > 
> > What is your source for Google's plans, and how is it already a pain? I
> > have been using getmail and sylpheed with several Google mail accounts
> > for years, and it seemed pretty straightforward - just set the "allow
> > less secure apps" option, and then configure POP3 / SMTP normally.
>   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Google's evil comes through the backdoor, without making any noise,
> like Wormtongue.

Explain, please?

Celejar


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