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On Saturday, 19 January 2013 09:44:37 UTC+8, Brian Maguire  wrote:
> I have been trying to set up Gnu Emacs 23 for reading and writing email. =
 I've tried both Wanderlust and Gnus and my first problem is getting either=
 to work with 2-step verification.  I can get into imap if I turn 2 step of=
f, but I really don't want to do that.
>=20
>=20
>=20
> So, can emacs be made to work as a mail reader with 2-step verification a=
nd if so how?
>=20
>=20
>=20
> Thanks for any help.

There is no 2-step authentication in IMAP.  I think you need to generate an=
 "application specific password" to continue using IMAP after you enable 2-=
step authentication in Gmail.