[Users] Fwd: Running Claws on an external hard drive.

[Lawrence London]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 10:51 PM Lawrence London <lfljvenaura at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 4:48 PM M. J. (Mel) Miners <martlet at telus.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lawrence, it took me about 6 hours of trying, but I finally can
>> receive Gmail into Claws, but I still havn't figured out what switches to
>> set to get it to send out from Claws to Gmail.
>>
>
> This is all there is to it.
>
> Open Claws
> go to Configuration
> go to Account preferences
> Under server information:
> Protocol should be IMAP4 and Auto-configure
> Then:
> Server for receiving   imap.googlemail.com
> SMTP server (send)   smtp.googlemail.com
> and then username and password
>
> and there is one more thing you will probably encounter at some time or
> another
> Gmail will decide your email client, Claws is a questionable or unreliable
> app to access your gmail account (or something like that) and block it from
> logging in and transferring email to/from Claws
> You then have to go into Gmail settings and tell it to always allow such
> apps to access your Gmail account
>

More about this. Google blocked access to Claws again tonight. Google does
this randomly. I searched for info on how to unblock it and found what I
needed here.
https://hotter.io/docs/email-accounts/secure-app-gmail/
Read these instructions:

2. Turning on 'less secure apps' settings as mailbox user

   1. Go to your (Google Account).
   2. On the left navigation panel, click Security.
   3. On the bottom of the page, in the *Less secure app access panel*,
   click Turn on access.

You should be at this url when making these changes.
https://myaccount.google.com/security


> this has happened to me several times
>
> If you try this and still have problems let me know.
>
> LL
>
>
>
>>
>> Thanks, Mel
>>
>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 11:53 AM Lawrence London <lfljvenaura at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2020 at 8:10 AM wwp <subscript at free.fr> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On the external drive this is the folder system used:
>>>> > Drive E:
>>>> > [Claws Mail]
>>>> >
>>>> > [Claws Mail Config]
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > STRING-TO-RUN-CLAWS-IN-RUN-VIPSAVE.txt     1KB
>>>> > which is:
>>>> > e:\CLAWS Mail\claws-mail.exe --alternate-config-dir e:\Claws Mail
>>>> Config
>>>>
>>>> Well, there's nothing really tricky if you want to install the program
>>>> on E:. Just pick the right drive or path during the install process.
>>>>
>>>> The data directory will by default be relative to you user data dir
>>>> (which is commonly on C:), unless you use, as you already do,
>>>> --alternate-config-dir.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for your explanation. It works flawlessly with everything on e:\
>>> and using the special command to run Claws.
>>> I was a little curious how e:\Claws Mail Config got created, whether
>>> Claws did it during install or if I created it manually.
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> wwp
>>>> https://useplaintext.email/
>>>
>>>
>>> This is a great site. I will be using it and your list of email hosts. I
>>> would like to add another to the Gmail one I have.
>>> The only issue is whether I can access it with Claws.
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Lawrence F. London, Jr.
>>> lfljvenaura at gmail.com
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>
> --
> Lawrence F. London, Jr.
> lfljvenaura at gmail.com
> Avant Geared
> walnut and oak serving and kitchen cutting boards
> https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared
> <https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared/avant-geared-products/woodworking>
> https://www.instagram.com/avantgeared/?hl=en
>
>
>
>
>

-- 
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
lfljvenaura at gmail.com
Avant Geared
walnut and oak serving and kitchen cutting boards
https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared
<https://sites.google.com/site/avantgeared/avant-geared-products/woodworking>
https://www.instagram.com/avantgeared/?hl=en
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