Re: Gnus + Gmail + IMAP

[Alexander Shukaev]

>
> As mentioned by Jorge, if you have two step authentication enabled in
> googl;e, you need an appilt=cation password to use imap. Some info can
> be found at [1].
>

​I don't have 2-step authentication.​


> Concerning the blocking: I guess google blocked this attempt, because
> you tried to often in a time? Otherwise there are more hints in the
> email.
>

I also thought so yesterday, but trying it again today delivers again the
same error:

​​Opening connection to imap.gmail.com via tls...
nnimap (imap.gmail.com) open error: 'NO (ALERT) Please log in via your web
browser: https://support.google.com/mail/accounts/answer/78754 (Failure)'.
Continue? (y or n) n


> I am by the way using offlineimap to sync my gmail to a local dovecot
> imap server which I access from gnus. Works perfectly.
>

​I remember that a year ago (or so) I've tried using `mu4e' with
'offlineimap​' + Gmail and it also worked fine.  That's why I'm confused
why it does not work now with Emacs built-ins.


> Cheers,
>
> Rainer
>

​Regards,
Alexander​


> Footnotes:
> [1]  https://support.google.com/mail/answer/1173270?hl=en
>