[Users] Using Claws for yahoo [on IMAP]

[James Freer]

On 15/05/2024 15:01, Dustin Miller wrote:
> On Wed, 15 May 2024 14:34:28 +0100
> James Freer via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 12:51:20 -0000
>> Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, 15 May 2024 12:37:25 +0000 (UTC)
>>> jrjfreer--- via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:
>>>    
>>>> In OAuth2
>>>> - authorisation
>>>>              Select OAuth2 email service provider [Yahoo]
>>>>              Client ID: jrjfreer at yahoo.co.uk
>>>>              Authorisation: 16 digit app password entered
>>> <snip>
>>>> I would be grateful if someone could tell me where i have gone
>>>> wrong. No messages downloaded.
>>>
>>>
>>> You went wrong by choosing oauth2 again. You can't use both an app
>>> password and oauth2. Just use an app password, don't use oauth2.
>>
> DM: Hi, James. This is what I had attempted to communicate to you in
> one of my previous posts, but perhaps I didn't do a very clear / good
> job of it. 🙂️ Also, kudos to you for the level of detail you provided
> finally -- it definitely takes more time and effort, but sometimes
> that's your best bet for an efficient and effective solution.
>>>
>> My only problem now is to get an app password for Gmail.
>>
> DM: I haven't tried doing this yet myself, but I think someone recently
> posted that you need to have 2FA enabled for Gmail. In any case, I'm
> guessing the process is somewhat similar to Yahoo's -- finding Google's
> instructions (maybe already posted by someone in one of your other
> threads?), following it and then setting up Claws to match, etc. Hope
> you get it figured out. Cheers, ---Dustin

I first used Claws over 10 years ago before all this verification stuff 
was introduced and it was easy. This wasn't difficult but one has got to 
get it right. The wiki referring to FreeTops is very misleading to me.

Problem with Gmail is that the 2FA is easy to enable but the help guide 
is not clear where the 'app password' generator is. Instructions say at 
the bottom of the page but i couldn't find it.

james