Re: [Evolution] GMail two stage authentication

[Reid Thompson <Reid Thompson omnicell com>]

On Sat, 2018-07-28 at 17:06 +0100, Jonathan Harrison via evolution-list wrote:
> [EXTERNAL SOURCE]
>  
> I'll see what I can do...
>
> So had to change the password on one of my e.Mail (gmail) accounts due to potential security breach.  Did 
> that via browser and settings.
>
> I then opened Evolution.  The other accounts all synchronized, bar the one I needed to change.
>
> I got a message to enter my password, which I did.
> It then gave me another window that listed all the permissions and at the bottom "Allow", which I ticked
> I then get another window with a very long code and a message to enter the code in the account settings, 
> but there is no where in Evolution or Google settings for it.....
>
> I don't know what to do.
>
> Last point:  Online Accounts:  I have used that in the past, BUT it does not exist anymore.  I am sure I 
> read somewhere it was being discontinued..  I still have it listed in Synaptic Package
> Manager, but when I try and open it it just opens a settings window and there is nothing in there.  Seen 
> this before on other machines, same problem, Online Accounts does not work.
>
> Does this help?
>
> best
> J

can you create an application password in your google account and
utilize that with evolution to meet your needs.  That is what i do to
access my google calendar(s). ( i don't directly pull my gmail using
evolution, I use the same application password with fetchmail to
populate a maildir folder that I have evolution pointed to)