[Alpine-info] Gmail Access

[Andrew C Aitchison via Alpine-info]

On Thu, 23 May 2024, Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info wrote:


> On 2024-05-23 12:20, Steve Litt via Alpine-info wrote:

>> Marc Lytle via Alpine-info said on Sat, 18 May 2024 16:59:04 -0700

>> 

>>> Hello all,

>>> 

>>> I have set up Alpine with Gmail and I'm able to successfully connect

>>> to the Gmail account and access/send email. The issue is that this

>>> just stops working after a couple of days.

>> 

>> Why gmail? It's notoriously difficult to deal with. Why not just buy a

>> domain for $15/year and use the mailing address(s) from that domain?

>

> You still need to hire something to host the mail.

>

> Instead, you could simply contract a mail account somewhere. You could even 

> contract Gmail for groups for a group of people; consider that the group 

> administration sets the rules, so if the group decides "no oauth2", then it 

> is no oauth2 and simple passwords continue working.

>

> And example of a group doing this is the ieee.org

>

> All these solutions pose a problem for the individual: he has to change mail 

> address, and tell this to everybody, and resubscribe at every site or or 

> organization, which is no small problem.

>

> He would still need to keep the old gmail address and check it now and then 

> for posts going there.


google will forward your gmail to your new address.
I do this and have haf no problems, and there has been no suggestion this this will stop.

Theoretically the forwarded message may be sent unencrypted, just as
it might have done on the way to gmail, so they might say that this is
also "less secure", but I don't think that risk is a worry.

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Andrew C. Aitchison                      Kendal, UK
                    andrew at aitchison.me.uk