Okay, this I can test.
One question to be absolutely sure.
The person doing this for me must first log into my gmail account in a
graphical browser. Then, they must choose to read in basic html and
log out in the basic html session. yes the password is requested
twice, I go through that doing so in elinks and links.
Once they log out perhaps even saving basic html as my preference?, I
should get back in again.
will try this evening posting my results.
In fact, this explains how the problem likely started in the first
place.
thanks!
On Thu, 7 Nov 2019, Alejandro Lieber wrote:
> Karen:
> My experience is that:
>
> 1)- If you log out of a session of gmail using the GMAIL STANDARD net
> view version using Firefox or Chrome, you will NOT BE able to open it
> again with a text browser without Java-scripts.
>
> 2)- if you log out a session of gmail using the "GMAIL HTML FOR SLOW
> CONNECTIONS" version option at the botton of the page, using Firefox or
> Chrome, you will BE able to open it again ad infinitum with a text
> browser WITHOUT Java-scripts. You will be asked TWICE for the password.
>
> 3)- If you don't have a graphic browser, you'll have to give your email
> password to
> someone you trust to configure GMAIL in graphic mode, the only way it
> can be done.
>
> Alejandro Lieber
> Rosario Argentina
>
> On 6/11/19 22:11, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > 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.)
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