Gmail on Plan9
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#It is currently not possible to access Gmail POP via upasfs(4) by
#doing something like:
#
#! upas/fs -f /pops/pop.gmail.com
#
#See [this message | http://9fans.net/archive/2005/12/164] for
#details. That message provides a pointer to a "pop3get" program
#which can be used to fetch messages and subsequently deliver them to
#a Plan 9 mailbox.
#
#Gmail offers an IMAP interface, however, that works nicely for
#upasfs(4). Something like:
#
#! upas/fs -f /imaps/imap.gmail.com/user@gmail.com
#
#will enable reading Gmail with Plan 9 mail tools.
#
#In some circumstances, it may also be possible to use the Plan 9
#mail tools to send via Gmail. If you change the last line of
#/mail/lib/remotemail to:
#
#! exec /bin/upas/smtp -sa -u user@gmail.com -h $fd tcp!smtp.gmail.com!smtp $sender $*
#
#This will, however, send all mail on the system as that Gmail user.
#Also, if mail is ever queued for later delivery, the factotum
#visible to cron will need the keys to authenticate to Gmail.
#
#If you replace /sys/src/cmd/webfs/cookies.c with
#/n/sources/contrib/fgb/cookies.c and rebuild webfs(4), it is
#possible to use Gmail's "basic HTML" view in the abaco web browser
#(see [Web browsers]).
#