3 Sep
2020
3 Sep
'20
7:39 a.m.
On Thursday 03 September 2020 07:26:29 BorgLabs - Kate
Draven wrote:
> > 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
> >
> > No, that seems unlikely, as I always leave out food and drink for the
>
> blessed
>
> > 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
plausible explanation.
Bill
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True. Sound and sane reasoning.
Kate