From eada06667d78f58209f50cc5aa3bdd4dde32f0d9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Arseniy Terekhin Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2020 05:03:29 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] [gmail] Update authentication guide --- docs/source/widgets.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/source/widgets.rst b/docs/source/widgets.rst index d31da81..ad71b55 100644 --- a/docs/source/widgets.rst +++ b/docs/source/widgets.rst @@ -150,8 +150,9 @@ Provides count of new and subject of last e-mail on Gmail. Supported platform: platform independent, requiring ``curl``. This widget expects login information in your ``~/.netrc`` file, e.g. -``machine mail.google.com login user password pass`` and you have to disable -`two step verification`_. `Allow access for less secure apps`_ afterwards. +``machine mail.google.com login user password pass``. Use your `app +password`_ if you can, or disable `two step verification`_ +and `allow access for less secure apps`_. .. caution:: @@ -501,7 +502,8 @@ Supported platforms: GNU/Linux. and ``${sign}`` (signal level, in dBm) .. _strftime(3): https://linux.die.net/man/3/strftime +.. _app password: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en .. _two step verification: https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/1064203 -.. _Allow access for less secure apps: +.. _allow access for less secure apps: https://www.google.com/settings/security/lesssecureapps .. _amixer(1): https://linux.die.net/man/1/amixer