Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2021 12:33:01 -0300 From: Mario Lobo <lobo@bsd.com.br> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Claws Mail (was: What the hell starts pulseaudio?!) Message-ID: <CA%2ByoEx-qq_xJhqm8JfLdt-gruG1y16a_hmrho4GFj4JtRMJFbw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20210718224841.41fceef9@archlinux> References: <20210718134409.5e8d545a@archlinux> <14b675f9-a4fd-608f-719c-b26274fcc2b6@gmail.com> <351c2b55514490582d42e6434d90fefebaaf3eb2.camel@riseup.net> <96e71feb5264b8a9afa42cebcd7f2e6bdaf5c31c.camel@riseup.net> <CA%2ByoEx9pPsr=pdOfaPj%2B15DY2VRNsCNhbusTf7_pmqtsjROS-A@mail.gmail.com> <20210718224841.41fceef9@archlinux>
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On Sun, Jul 18, 2021 at 5:49 PM Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jul 2021 15:49:55 -0300, Mario Lobo wrote: > >This is all really confusing to me. > > In the days before two-factor authentication your mail client needed an > user ID, usually the email address of your account and a password to > connect with IMAP, POP, SMPT servers. > > If two mail clients accessed the same account, they both used the same > password. > > Nowadays your mail client still needs an user ID, usually the email > address of your account and a password to connect with IMAP, POP, SMPT > servers, IOW nothing changed, even the same configureation GUI of e.g. > Evolution or Claws is used. > > New is, that the password now is generated by Yahoo and you need a > password for each mail client, they do not use the same password to > access the same account. > > First, let me thank you for the explanation, Ralf,but I still don't get what I have to do to get claws to work on gmail. What I see is that although the password is saved, it still asks me for the password, and even though I put in the correct one, it fails the login attempt. -- Mario Lobo http://www.mallavoodoo.com.br FreeBSD since version 2.2.8 [not Pro-Audio.... YET!!]
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