Hi
This is new to me so bear with me.
These passwords are designed to "keep Picasa, Outlook express, yada yada, etc, "safe" ".
One can RECEIVE gmail just fine without an "application specific password", but if one wants to send through Gmail with Kontact/Kmail/Akonadai, one has to have it.
I had not actually LOOKED at the "backend" of Google services since I last did the Akonadai thing with Kontact and Google.
If you have not done it with Quantal, one sees a big screen that is either the actual login screen or one similar to it, to hook Akonadai to Gmail.
If one goes to the "back end " of Google here is what one sees:
There are also "revoke" buttons at the end of each line:
Notice that one does not see anywhere in there google mail.
Below that is the thing about doing the application specific password.
It is greyed out until you get it, I will provide a link to Google's video explaining it,
BUT THE CUT TO THE CHASE IS THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT AKOADAI IS DESIGNED TO INTERACT WITH.
THERE IS NO PLACE TO "PUT" it, one puts it in the normal password box.
Essentially one gets a password sent to the phone, or e-mail, and enters that for the phone.
Then one gets access to the "two step" part at the bottom, and you put it in there.
One then goes to another screen with all of the possible things that can hook to google, and there are a LOT of them, Tbird, etc. are mentioned specifically.
One goes back and forth with the application specific password and normal password twice and then it works.
So, NOT a problem with Kontact/Akonadai/Kmail.
Apparently, I just had never had fully enabled Kmail up until now.
Here is the video at You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMabEyrtPRg
If there is anyone with questions, feel free to ask, but I don't know that I can help much.
woodsmoke
This is new to me so bear with me.
These passwords are designed to "keep Picasa, Outlook express, yada yada, etc, "safe" ".
One can RECEIVE gmail just fine without an "application specific password", but if one wants to send through Gmail with Kontact/Kmail/Akonadai, one has to have it.
I had not actually LOOKED at the "backend" of Google services since I last did the Akonadai thing with Kontact and Google.
If you have not done it with Quantal, one sees a big screen that is either the actual login screen or one similar to it, to hook Akonadai to Gmail.
If one goes to the "back end " of Google here is what one sees:
There are also "revoke" buttons at the end of each line:
Authorized Access to your Google Account
Connected Sites, Apps, and Services
You have granted the following services access to your Google Account:
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Google Contacts, Google Calendar
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Tasks, Google Calendar
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Google Contacts
www.google.com — Google Calendar
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Tasks, Google Contacts, Google Calendar
Connected Sites, Apps, and Services
You have granted the following services access to your Google Account:
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Google Contacts, Google Calendar
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Tasks, Google Calendar
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Google Contacts
www.google.com — Google Calendar
Akonadi Resources for Google Services — Tasks, Google Contacts, Google Calendar
Below that is the thing about doing the application specific password.
It is greyed out until you get it, I will provide a link to Google's video explaining it,
BUT THE CUT TO THE CHASE IS THAT IT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT AKOADAI IS DESIGNED TO INTERACT WITH.
THERE IS NO PLACE TO "PUT" it, one puts it in the normal password box.
Essentially one gets a password sent to the phone, or e-mail, and enters that for the phone.
Then one gets access to the "two step" part at the bottom, and you put it in there.
One then goes to another screen with all of the possible things that can hook to google, and there are a LOT of them, Tbird, etc. are mentioned specifically.
One goes back and forth with the application specific password and normal password twice and then it works.
So, NOT a problem with Kontact/Akonadai/Kmail.
Apparently, I just had never had fully enabled Kmail up until now.
Here is the video at You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMabEyrtPRg
If there is anyone with questions, feel free to ask, but I don't know that I can help much.
woodsmoke
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