Error: cannot find session from pool at cursor 0

[edwardedmonds]

I'm getting this error when I first run the himalaya command:

Error: cannot find session from pool at cursor 0

This is my config, and I also verified pass is showing the correct password.

display-name = "Edward Edmonds"
downloads-dir = "~/Downloads"
signature = "\nEdward"
email-listing-page-size = 50

[gmail]
default = true
email = "edward.edmonds@gmail.com"

backend = "imap"
imap-host = "imap.gmail.com"
imap-port = 993
imap-login = "edward.edmonds@gmail.com"
imap-passwd-cmd = "pass show gmail"

sender = "smtp"
smtp-host = "smtp.gmail.com"
smtp-port = 465
smtp-login = "edward.edmonds@gmail.com"
smtp-passwd-cmd = "pass show gmail"

[gmail.folder-aliases]
sent = "[Gmail]/Sent Mail"
drafts = "[Gmail]/Drafts"

[codingsenpi]

I too ran it for the first time and configured through it's wizard. I am getting the same error Error: cannot find session from pool at cursor 0

This is my config

backend = "imap"
email = "codingsenpi@gmail.com"
default = true
display-name = "senpi"
sender = "smtp"
smtp-host = "smtp.gmail.com"
smtp-port = 465
smtp-ssl = true
smtp-login = "codingsenpi@gmail.com"
smtp-passwd-cmd = "pass show cli-tools/gmail"
sync = false
imap-host = "imap.gmail.com"
imap-port = 993
imap-ssl = true
imap-login = "codingsenpi@gmail.com"
imap-passwd-cmd = "pass show cli-tools/gmail"

[soywod]

You are both using Gmail accounts, right? Did you set up a 3rd party app password (see https://github.com/soywod/himalaya/wiki/Configuration:gmail)? Because Gmail does not allow the use of your regular password, you need to create a specific one.

[codingsenpi]

That was the issue. Creating an App Password and using it instead solved the issue. Thank you so much

[soywod]

That was the issue. Creating an App Password and using it instead solved the issue. Thank you so much

We will try to improve the documentation to avoid those kind of situation in the future. Thank you for your feedback!

[kmaasrud]

I'll also make sure to add a note on this if a user enters a Gmail account in the wizard. We can use this issue for tracking it.

You can assign it to me, @soywod 👍

[kmaasrud]

...or rather: maybe mirror it to Sourcehut and assign it to me there 😅

[edwardedmonds]

The app password was the issue. Thank you for the quick response.

[a1ecbr0wn]

Interesting that the wiki link (https://github.com/soywod/himalaya/wiki/Configuration:gmail) is not visible to me. Is there a Wiki that is only open to some people? Is that an accident?

[kmaasrud]

Is there a Wiki that is only open to some people?

@a1ecbr0wn we've moved the docs out of GitHub. See https://pimalaya.org/himalaya/docs/cli/configuration/gmail.html for the corresponding page.

[iacs]

I'm getting this error, but I'm trying it with a yahoo account, not Gmail

This is my config:

[Yahoo]
backend = "imap"
email = "xxx@yahoo.es"
default = true
display-name = "MyName"
sender = "smtp"
smtp-host = "smtp.mail.yahoo.com"
smtp-port = 465
smtp-ssl = true
smtp-login = "xxx@yahoo.es"
smtp-passwd-cmd = "pass show email/xxx"
sync = false
imap-host = "imap.mail.yahoo.com"
imap-port = 993
imap-ssl = true
imap-login = "xxx@yahoo.es"
imap-passwd-cmd = "pass show email/xxx"

[kmaasrud]

I'm getting this error, but I'm trying it with a yahoo account, not Gmail

@iacs Does Yahoo use OAuth or some sort of two-factor authentication? If so, then there's probably a similar workaround needed. I have no Yahoo account to test this out with though...

I get the need for extra security layers, but it's pretty frustrating that the big actors in the email world refuse to fully comply with established standards (or at least not without hacky workarounds.) It makes software like this very difficult to use/develop.

[iacs]

Seems that there is a not so evident option to generate app passwords yes. Found it. If you log in using that password it actually works

[kmaasrud]

Seems that there is a not so evident option to generate app passwords yes.

That's great! Could you share the method with us, so we can add it to the docs?