How do I access Gmail in lynx?

Solution 1:

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.

Solution 2:

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.