I did say it was a guess! I haven't used Gmail via IMAP for a very long time and I have seen posts in other groups where security changes have caused issues.
However, your experiences are clearly more recent than mine so I think OP can safely disregard my comment. On Sun, 6 Dec 2020, 21:27 Kai Stian Olstad, <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 10:37:19AM -0800, elParaguayo wrote: > > My guess is this app doesn't work because Google updated security so you > > can't use standard username and password because it's not secure. They > used > > to have the ability to allow access to less secure apps but I think you > now > > have to generate a separate password for the app. Could be wrong though! > > I don't understand how you arrived to that conclusion since your commands > did > work without the slef. part. > I also use IMAP against Gmail with offlineimap, Neomutt and Thunderbird on > a > daily basis. > > -- > Kai Stian Olstad > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "qtile-dev" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/20201206212716.pmdt5chav2lmgqqc%40olstad.com > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADPQLhC7bH-8tVrmi3Udoidg%3D-PBWSFtk2%2BRfn-N_buS_x1KqA%40mail.gmail.com.
