3 ms·
Man it makes me feel old that there's a need to point this out. Have most people never worked with native mail clients (MUA is the technical term)? Memorizing t
by kccqzy 3y ago
Man it makes me feel old that there's a need to point this out. Have most people never worked with native mail clients (MUA is the technical term)? Memorizing the POP (before IMAP) and SMTP servers for my email providers was quite necessary when I was young, especially since I liked reinstalling my OS often.
- partdavid 3y agoIs there a better story for authenticating this than manually generating and storing a long-lived API key in my mutt configuration?
- lxgr 3y agoGmail supports OAuth 2 for IMAP and SMTP: https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap/xoauth2-protocol https://developers.google.com/gmail/imap/xoauth2-protocol No idea how feasible it is to integrate that with mutt in a client-only integration or if you need a backend for this, though.
- ravetcofx 3y agoIt's easier and more reliable to make an App password from my experience
- stevage 3y agoI haven't used a mail client for my personal mail in at least 20 years. Unless you count the Gmail android app.
- late25 3y agoYou don’t use one at work?
- stevage 3y agoNo I don't currently, but also: > for my personal mail
- quickthrower2 3y agoHa ha me too come to think of it. I have never used a client for personal email as I started with hotmail in 98.