google high security and linux command line email programs

[Linux for blind general discussion]

Likewise I've fairly recently used the app-password to use
OfflineIMAP to slurp down my gmail mail locally so I can index it
with "notmuch" and read it with mutt/neomutt.  No major issues last
time I checked.

-tim

On December 10, 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm writing this e-mail in Alpine from my gmail adress using an
> in-app password. No problems whatsoever. You're prompted for the
> password at the start of the session, as well as the first time you
> send an e-mail during that session.
> 
> No idea if Google actually detects my client, or what would happen
> if I selected another program.
> 
> hth,
> Tobias
> 
> 
> On Tue, 10 Dec 2019, Linux for blind general discussion wrote:
> 
> > Has anyone here gone high security with google and generated an
> > app-password for their command line email apps?  If so, which
> > apps? I have and can use a few different apps but really want to
> > know what google will be limiting me to with two-factor
> > authentication and an app-password before I enable two-factor
> > authentication.  If there's no apps this can be done with, no
> > point enabling two-factor authentication and trying to generate
> > an app password for any of these.  When google security is after
> > users to enable higher security and google recognizes linux
> > devices have been and are likely to continue being used on an
> > account those messages ought to include a list of apps that will
> > work in linux.
> >
> >
> >
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