How do I access Gmail in lynx?

Question

Client does not support https. That is all I am getting. I even tried the basic HTML link.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered May 05 '11 at 22:22

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Works for me:

http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=html

or

http://mail.google.com/a/YOURDOMAIN/?ui=html

Ctrl-X E to edit in external editor.

Are you using a version prior to 2.8.7?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488219

EDIT: I downloaded the oldest of the 2.8.8 lynx sources. After trying out different options it was configured without ssl support by default and I reproduced the error. Configuring & building lynx in the following way fixed the problem:

# download the lynx source
./configure --with-ssl --enable-gnutls-compat
make
./lynx https://mail.google.com

Remember to use --prefix=<prefix of directory containing lynx.cfg> and --with-pkg-config=<directory prefix of binaries> with configure. I use Arch Linux so these were "/" and "/usr" respectively, For debian based distros you shouldn't need these. I just thought it worth mentioning.

answered May 05 '11 at 22:22

andreasw

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still doesnt work. I am using 2.8.8 – May 05 '11 at 22:30
What distro, OS and release (if not rolling release) are you using? – andreasw May 05 '11 at 23:02
Nice answer, @andreasw. +1 for you. – May 06 '11 at 02:46
Mac OS X. I will try to implement this and get back. – yayu May 06 '11 at 04:04
You may just want to build & install with Fink or MacPorts. The lynx packages from both systems include support for https. Also, that way you have it managed by a package manager. – andreasw May 06 '11 at 04:40

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 06 '11 at 19:45

I used MacPorts to install lynx

port info lynx  
lynx @2.8.7rel.1, Revision 1 (www)  
Variants: gnutls, [+]ssl, universal

to install:

sudo port install lynx +ssl

Lynx will access my gmail!
I changed the following option so not to be asked each time:

SSL Prompting

This allows you to tell how to handle errors detected in SSL connections prompt normally to prompt for each cookie, force yes-response to reply "yes" to each prompt, force no-response to reply "no" to each prompt.

How do I access Gmail in lynx?

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SSL Prompting