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@..." (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? > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 more plausible explanation. Bill