20 Mar
2023
20 Mar
'23
7:16 a.m.
Gary,
There is not doubt in my mind that 2FA is the way forward. I think you
need a different token than your cell phone, such as the Yubi key. Here
is an article on Yubikey and Google.
"In 2009 Google was the target of sophisticated cyber attacks capable of
circumventing traditional security controls. With a lack of viable
two-factor authentication (2FA) options to effectively prevent these
attacks and account takeovers, Google began working closely with Yubico
to extend the capabilities of the YubiKey two factor authentication
technology to also include public key cryptography."
https://www.yubico.com/resources/reference-customers/google/
You can generate an application password for Google.
https://myaccount.google.com/apppasswords
Some other settings
Gmail SMTP server address: smtp.gmail.com
Gmail SMTP name: Your full name
Gmail SMTP username: Your full Gmail address (e.g. you(a)gmail.com)
Gmail SMTP password: The password that you use to log in to Gmail
Gmail SMTP port (TLS): 587
Gmail SMTP port (SSL): 465
Requires SSL: Yes
Requires TLS: Yes
Requires authentication / Use authentication: Yes
Requires secure connection / Use secure connection: Yes
Brian
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 10:00:02AM -0700, Gary wrote:
Thanks for the idea that there is a way around gmail
two-factor authentication. I only use Gmail for things like boarding passes now because I
couldn't log in with mutt.
IMHO the whole two-factor identification thing has gotten way out of conttrol.
Especially if you mostly use a desktop system. I now have an old phone and a $9/month
cellphone plan just to accomodate it. That phone never goes anywhere except my office.
-Gary
On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 09:18:26AM -0700, Chris Miller wrote:
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"There are two ways of constructing a software design. One way is to
make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies. And the other
way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies."
Professor C. A. R. Hoare
The 1980 Turing award lecture
Hi Folks,
I want to use gmail to send myself backup logs, since my mail server is not available
during backup. I continue to get a credential error, but the credentials I am using are
correct. I suspect that this is the result of "two-factor" authentication, which
I am not using on gmail, but which has caused the "allow less secure access" to
be disabled. I could use my ISP and configure an "Upstream SMTP-Smart Host", but
then I have a detail to remember and reconfigure should I ever change my ISP.
Is anybody doing this successfully, without submitting to "Google Workspaces"
or "Microsoft Office 365"?
Thanks for the help,
--
Chris.
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Q: > Why should I start my reply below the quoted text?
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