Just doing some testing but I think I've found the problem. On Mon, 7 Dec 2020, 09:47 el Paraguayo, <[email protected]> wrote:
> As an aside, I've also just tried logging in to Gmail via IMAP. > > It only worked for me after creating an app password (got error messages > about invalid credentials before that). > > I appreciate that this isn't the issue with the widget but it's still > interesting (to me, at least!). > > > On Mon, 7 Dec 2020, 09:22 elParaguayo, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Kai, >> >> Apologies! I hadn't seen that your email showed that the code worked. My >> phone just showed your first line "I'm not using it, so I leave that up to >> OP." and hid the rest. >> >> Now that we know it's not a security issue, we can do some more digging. >> >> On Monday, 7 December 2020 at 08:00:07 UTC elParaguayo wrote: >> >>> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/qtile-dev/VCXEJr_H7qk/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/888da12d-8a34-4593-a494-a0d83bea04aan%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/888da12d-8a34-4593-a494-a0d83bea04aan%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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/CADPQLhAZ8YAmTUL6__cBj1Hxo%2BX%2Bk2jjMY_SBktZFGqGmGDyoA%40mail.gmail.com.
