3 Sep
2020
3 Sep
'20
7:26 a.m.
On Thursday 03 September 2020 07:14:17 BorgLabs - Kate
Draven wrote:
> > I sent this email earlier, but since I didn't receive my usual copy sent
> > to myself, it seemed that it never made it to the outside world.
> >
> > And then there was a mildy amusing incident, and a few hours of creeping
> > panic, but I don't want to spoil the story, so I save it for its proper
> > place.
> >
> > On Wednesday 02 September 2020 13:35:32 Janek Stolarek wrote:
> > > Three things:
> > >
> > > 1. Like others have already said, you need to enable access by unsafe
> > > apps in Gmail account settings. See [1].
> > >
> > > 2. In KMail POP3 settings you might need to prefix you POP3 username
> > > with "recent:" (without quotes but with colon), so for example
in
KMail
>
> settings
>
> > > my username is entered as "recent:jwstolarek@gmail.com" (again,
without
> > > quotes). This enables checking email by
multiple mail clients (in case
> > > you have several machines). See [2]. Moreover, for me without the
> > > "recent:" prefix, instead of having access to newest emails as
they
> > > come in, I would only see email in a batch every few hours.
> >
> > Here is what I originally wrote:
> >
> > Whoa! That is one cool trick! It might be general knowledge for some,
but
>
> it's
>
> > news to me, and I never found anything like that among suggestions in
>
> Gmail's
>
> > pages, nor on other sites who offer advice on how to for Gmail. (Doesn't
>
> work
>
> > on Zoho mail, however; just thought I'd give it a try.) At least I
> > managed
>
> to
>
> > clear all the old emails off the server.
> >
> > > 3. Contrary to what other said, I rarely have problems caused by
> > > logining in from different locations. I regularly use VPN so sometimes
> > > I'll be checking my email from Switzerland and 5 minutes later
I'm
> > > checking it
>
> from
>
> > > Canada. I have no problems in overwhelming majority of cases.
> >
> > Yeah, I was beginning to feel like some kind of shiftless [or maybe
>
> shifty?]*
>
> > pariah, banned from Google periodically, because I have moved from my
> > home
>
> to
>
> > the library, 15 minutes' walk from here.
> >
> > > Janek
> > >
> > > [1] https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/6010255?hl=en
> > > [2] https://support.google.com/a/answer/6089246?hl=en
> >
> > Thanks for the tip!
> >
> > Bill
> >
> > P.S. After I implemented this change in my Gmail accounts [see above],
> > suddenly my wifi was disabled. I spent a few hours last night, then
again
> > this morning, trying in vain to get it back.
Then it seemed that my
eth0,
> > as well, wasn't recognized! How can that
be?
> >
> > I even started the process of reinstalling my Devuan Beowulf (a pain,
but
>
> it's
>
> > much quicker now than it was when running Jessie); during setup nothing
> > in
>
> my
>
> > network was recognized! Hardware failure?!?! Then I tried some rescue
> > discs and other such tools; again, nothing happening.
> >
> > The only thing I had done was to change that line in Gmail, then to
check
> > email. Could Google really be such a Big
Brother gangsta that they would
> > deliberately destroy my wireless and ethernet connections?
> >
> > Those jive %@! >?$#~!!!!
> >
> > At last I check my wifi antenna. (I know, it's weird to use a wifi
> > antenna
>
> for
>
> > a desktop computer, but I built this system out of parts.) As it turns
> > out, somehow the USB got unplugged from the antenna itself, which is
odd,
> > because I actually have it clamped in place,
to make sure that cannot
> > happen. I can only imagine that I must have stepped on a wire when
moving
> > round the stand that holds my printer; maybe
just enough pressure to
pull
> > it loose.
> >
> > Well, so the moral of this story is, never let your paranoia decide the
>
> cause
>
> > of bad experiences, when your own clumsiness or stupidity can explain
it.
P.P.S. *It occurs to me that whether one is "shiftless" [unmotivated,
lazy] or "shifty" [nervous, acting guilty, moving round too much, no
fixed abode, etc.], both are bad. So is it better to be shifty or
shiftless, or should
one
avoid this word altogether?
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Bill
You clearly missed the obvious conclusion and, likely, the correct answer.
Science, dear boy, science.
Gnomes, trolls and germlins. Clearly you have an infestation.
Kate
folk, and we have always had a very reciprocal
relationship.
I prefer to believe that the Men in Black are after me. That seems a more
plausible explanation.
Bill
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True. Sound
and sane reasoning.
Kate
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