[Alpine-info] New to Alpine, but can't get it to connect.

[Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info]

On 2024-06-04 02:49, Chris M via Alpine-info wrote:

> Karen Lewellen wrote:

>> I am sure they have heard about alpine, but that is not really the 

>> question for them.

>> Instead, speaking personally, the question should be something like 

>> Hi.  I wish to use imap and the third party application alpine to read 

>> my fastmail.

>> Do I need an application password for this, or is there another way?

>>

>> If fastmail supports imap, which  it seems to do, then fastmile likely 

>> has a process for telling the service what that application is for 

>> them specifically.

>> Make sense?

>>

>>

>>

> 

> Yes.


They surely have a web page specifying what parameters are needed for 
any generic imap mail client. Do you have that link?

I found a possible page at 
<https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000279921-IMAP-POP-and-SMTP>

   IMAP 	imap.fastmail.com 	Port 993
   POP 	pop.fastmail.com 	Port 995
   SMTP 	smtp.fastmail.com 	Port 465 (SSL) or 587 (STARTTLS)


What they do not say is what form take the expected login and password. 
There is, however, another link:

<https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278342-Server-names-and-ports>

where it says:

   You will need to get an app password to connect to these servers.
   You cannot use your regular Fastmail password.

and the configuration details are:

   IMAP

   Server 	imap.fastmail.com
   Port 	993
   SSL/TLS Encryption 	Enabled, but not STARTTLS
   Username 	Your Fastmail email address, including the domain.
   Password 	Your app-specific password. You cannot use your regular 
Fastmail password.

   Root folder/IMAP path
     prefix 	(leave blank)
   Folder separator 	/ (forward slash)


With that data, a configuration string for alpine can be concocted

incoming-folders=...
   "fastmail" {imap.fastmail.com/tls/user=chris at cwm030.com}INBOX,
   ...


And give the specific application password when asked. If that fails, 
start alpine with imap debug options, which I don't remember offhand.



-- 
Cheers / Saludos,

		Carlos E. R.
		(from 15.5 x86_64 at Telcontar)

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