Re: IMAP + OAuth?

In message <[email protected]>,
Ralf Schlatterbeck writes:
>Looks like soon Microsoft cloud services do no longer support password
>authentication with imap. I'm not yet sure if this also applies to
>encrypted (IMAPS) connections.
>
>Looks like we currently do not support many authentication mechanisms
>with our mailgw imaps client settings.
>
>Does anybody know if the python libraries would support OAuth in
>principle? Looks like this might be a requirement for many users in the
>future...
>
>Links:
>https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients-and-mobile-in-exchange-online/deprecation-of-basic-authentication-exchange-online
>https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/legacy-protocols/how-to-authenticate-an-imap-pop-smtp-application-by-using-oauth

Client side I am not sure about, but there is an openid/oauth server
side (auenticate to roundup using oauth) at:

https://github.com/psf/bpo-tracker-cpython/blob/master/extensions/openid_login.py



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