[chirp_devel] [OT] patchbomb and gmail

[Brian Dickman]

> Your hgrc is identical to mine (other than XX, YY :-). One difference
> may be that I set up an application specific password:
> https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/185833?hl=en
>
> Tom


YES! Thanks for the pointer Tom, that got me where I needed to be.

1) If you haven't enabled TFA (Two Factor Authentication) for you
account, visit this link and follow the steps:

https://myaccount.google.com/security/signinoptions/two-step-verification/enroll-welcome

2) With TFA enabled, you can add app-specific passwords, like one for mercurial:

https://security.google.com/settings/security/apppasswords

And using the settings previously mentioned, with an app-specific
password, you are all set! The less secure option is enabling a switch
in your google account settings called something like "allow less
secure apps", but that seems like a horrible idea. That's probably the
way much older gmail accounts work if you haven't changed anything
else, but being a "security conscious individual" (paranoid), I go for
the TFA/app-password approach.

Thanks for the help all!

--
Brian