commit ede7f95129401def6ebc34c477072e350ccd7eb0 Author: David Fifield david@bamsoftware.com Date: Tue Sep 11 09:53:18 2012 -0700

Add gmail-setup.txt on craeting a Gmail facilitator listener. --- doc/gmail-setup.txt | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/gmail-setup.txt b/doc/gmail-setup.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d3dc68a --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/gmail-setup.txt @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +These are instructions for setting up a Gmail account for use with the +email-based rendezvous and flashproxy-reg-email. These instructions were +current as of September 2012. + +You may have trouble if you are using Tor to create the account, for two +reasons. The first is that exit nodes are a source of abuse and Google +is more suspicious of them. The second is that Gmail is suspicious and +can lock you out of the account when your IP address is changing. While +setting up the account, use a single node in your torrc ExitNodes +configuration. Choose a U.S. exit node, one of the ones with the lowest +bandwidth. + +Go to https://mail.google.com/. Allow JavaScript to run. Click the +"CREATE AN ACCOUNT" button. + +Enter the account details and click "Next Step". + +What may go wrong is that after entering the account details you see a +screen "Verify your account" that asks for a mobile phone number. Try +again with a different low-bandwidth exit node. exit node, one of the +ones with the lowest bandwidth. Also, it may be my imagination, but +Gmail seems to be checking for user names that appear randomly +generated; try inserting vowels between your randomly generated +consonants to make the word pronouncable. + +You may be gently forced into joining Google+ at this point; I think +that the Gmail account is already created, so you may be able to skip +Google+ by browsing back to https://mail.google.com/. If not, you can +delete the Google+ account by clicking on the account name from inside +of Gmail. + +Log out of the account and log back in again. There will be new text in +the lower right reading "Recent Activity". Click "Details" and turn off +the suspicious activity warnings. This will keep you from getting locked +out when you come from different IP addresses. At this point you should +remove the temporary ExitNodes configuration from torrc. + +Add a filter to prevent registrations from being marked as spam. Click +on the gear icon, and select "Settings". Select "Filters" and add a new +filter. For "Containing the words:" insert "in:spam". You will get a +warning that says it will not match any incoming messages; this appears +to be wrong and you can click through it.