On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 12:51 PM Jude DaShiell <jdash...@panix.com> wrote:
> Running using 2fa may be possible with non-browser apps if your security > records indicate you ran with what google considers an untrusted app and > google has it listed. You can generate an app-specific password for the > non-browser app and will need to save it. Then you modify your > non-browser app settings on local machine and key in that app-specific > password in place of the other password you used earlier. This has been > documented for mutt as being possible and may work for other non-browser > apps too. You'll need to give google a mobile number for account > recovery and the like too. Yes, that should work too (see the first mail in this thread). But ... what stopped me and made me think is: what if I prefer to have access to "my" mail without giving up a mobile or not so mobile telephone number? I am happier if this is made possible for everybody who prefer so via a free application. Not sure gmailieer is going to work, not until I try it. Bu it looks promising. Cheers, Loredana
