[CW] OFF TOPIC - Gmail WARNING - Verified

[Jude DaShiell]

include edbrowse which has some javascript support if compiled correctly
and the duct-tape library is installed on the failed browsers list.  I'll
check and see if the duct-tape library is installed here didn't do that
yet.


On Tue, 26 Jul 2022, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote:

> I don't like to send out big mailings with "WARNING" in the title, but
> I have some friends who know I am talented at computers and
> networking.
>
> HERE'S THE PROBLEM:
>
> Google now wants verification of logins.  So if you have a gmail
> account, log in and make sure you have recovery information - another
> live email account, a live cellphone.
>
> Before you read the rest of this email, all of you log in with a
> graphical web browser - the browser you use has to use javascript,
> like Firefox, Google Chrome and the rest of the graphical browsers,
> none of the text browsers (lynx, links, elinks) will work.
>
> Some of my friends use email clients and now cannot log in,
> specifically they are using text based email programs like Alpine
> (pine), mutt and such on Unix/Linux.
>
> Here's what you need to do for this - you need application specific passwords.
> https://www.lifewire.com/get-a-password-to-access-gmail-by-pop-imap-2-1171882
> Also an article by google:
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
>
> I made an app specific password for mutt and alpine, they both work, I
> just removed my "normal" password for gmail and put this special "app
> specific password" in my configuration files (.pinerc and .muttrc) and
> I'm into my email.
>
> I have three friends who have lost access to their gmail accounts because they:
>
> 1) Didn't update their backup email account.
> 2) Didn't provide a cellphone (Google Voice will NOT work because you
> can't log in to it if you're locked out of google.
>
> Before anyone replies: "But years ago, Google just asked me for a
> phone number, so I gave them the only phone I had, my landline, I
> don't have a cell phone.
>
> That's unfortunately true.
>
> So as soon as you can - that means NOW - log in with a graphical
> browser (that is not a text browser) and update your security contact
> information.
>
> If you've already been locked out, I contacted a friend who works for
> google and he told me this:  Every time you attempt to log in to gmail
> with a correct username and password, you get "credit" and after an
> unspecified number of tried, you will (or might) get in.  It might
> take 90 tries over 90 days, he didn't say, but he did say: "Keep
> Trying."
>
> You can get large email accounts without a fee from gmx.com, they
> don't use two factor authorization or lock text applications or email
> programs out.
>
> gmx.com smtp and imap server settings are here:
> https://clean.email/blog/email-settings/gmx-email-settings
>
> NOTE, you must go into gmx.com in a graphical browser first and change
> the settings to ALLOW smtp / pop and imap access.  If you do NOT do
> this you will be blocked and gmx will send you an email to your
> account with the reason and the fix for it.
>
> Note: If you do not utilize POP3/IMAP for an extended time, this
> setting will be switched off automatically again for security reasons.
>
> Best wishes,
> David N1EA
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