[Alpine-info] Gmail Access

[Cottrell, Allin via Alpine-info]

On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 3:06 PM Carlos E. R. via Alpine-info
<alpine-info at u.washington.edu> wrote:

>

> That said, my alpine works fine with gmail, for months without touching

> it. In my case, using application passwords. There is always the fear of

> gmail removing that, but apparently they are not going to do that.


Me too. I find it hard to see what all the fuss is about. I like using
gmail for some things, prefer alpine for other things, and a google
application password makes it quite straightforward to switch back and
forth.

The only (mild) complication that I experience is that my primary
gmail account is provided by my university, which insists that I
change password every year, and when I do so it seems my application
password for alpine also expires and has to be renewed. Not really a
big deal.

Allin Cottrell