John, I'll have to look for that, I didn't stumble on that option when trying to resolve my Gmail problem. That is probably more secure than lowering the security, but one would have to check to see if Thunderbird is on that list.
Best regards, Steve Jacobson -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 2:46 PM To: Steve Jacobson <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Cc: 'Afik Sofir' <[email protected]> Subject: Re: New member with some questions Also, you can generate a secure app password which will work only with a particular app, and I know outlook is included, I have done such a thing. Steve Jacobson via Talk <[email protected]> wrote: > I received an error when trying to use Microsoft Outlook 2013 with Gmail > that I was not using a secure mail client as well, so the problem is > probably not with Thunderbird. There is a setting that allows one to set > their Gmail account to work with what google calls "Less secure" software, > and one also then needs to enable IMAP as well. These settings are accessed > from one's gmail account when accessing it through the Gmail website. > Exactly how one gets to these options depends upon whether one is using the > Standard or Basic HTML view. > > Best regards, > > Steve Jacobson > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Afik Sofir via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 12:08 PM > To: 'Simon Cavendish' <[email protected]>; 'Window-Eyes Discussion > List' <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: New member with some questions > > Hi simon, > > The answers to all of your questions, accept the edge question, is yes. > Skype works fine with windows 10. I'm using it all the time. > About accessible email client you can try windows live mail, or either > Microsoft outlook. > > Regards, > Afik sofir > Support for window-eyes screen reader users > Highsight assistive technology for blind and visually impaired > +97250-5782208 > [email protected] > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Simon Cavendish via Talk > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2016 7:44 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: New member with some questions > > Hi Listers, > > I'm new to the list and relatively new to Window-eyes. I have just started > using window-eyes with windows 10 in VMWare Fusion. It's a steep learning > curve, and I'm still finding my way round Windows 10. > > I've been trying to find an accessible mail client for Windows 10. Have you > got any suggestions? Whenever I tried to use Thunderbird in the past, Gmail > warns me that Thunderbird is not one of the safe clients they allow and I > don't get to collect my messages because they block Thunderbird. I'm also > quite worried about these messages to do with safety of Thunderbird. And > yet, Mozilla has such a good reputation for privacy. What's going on here? > I tried Windows mail application but I can't seem to read messages in it. > > Also, how accessible is Edge in Windows 10 and Internet Explorer? And > Firefox? Does Window-eyes play well with these browsers? Earlier on today > I tried to access a website where I do a learning course that uses a lot of > flash, and I got stuck immediately in Internet Explorer. Then I installed > Firefox and tried to configure it but I it seems to work somewhat > differently in Windows 10 compared to Windows 7. > > And lastly, does Skype work well in Windows 10 with Window-eyes? There's > some kind of integration in Windows 10 between Internet Explorer and Skype, > but again I couldn't work out what was going on. I managed to sign into my > account but I couldn't do anything in the window. Couldn't find my > contacts, couldn't understand how things work in Skype. > > Thanks for any tips. > > Simon > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/as%40highsight > .co.il. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/steve.jacobson > %40visi.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/covici%40ccs.c ovici.com. > For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > -- Your life is like a penny. You're going to lose it. The question is: How do you spend it? John Covici [email protected] _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
