Re: Configuring multiple SMTP hosts

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Hi Mike!

Am 13.03.22 18:59 schrieb(en) Mike Witt via balsa-list:
> Is this related to some recent email I got from google, saying in part:
[snip Google message]

This message is actually somewhat unclear to me=E2=80=A6  Google tries heav=
ily to promote OAuth2 which they advertise as being more secure than standa=
rd methods (which is just wrong if TLS is used, either immediately =3D POP3=
S/SMTPS/IMAPS or after a STARTTLS command).  So, yes, it *might* be possibl=
e that they simply disable the standard methods and require the use of OAut=
h2.

The =E2=80=9Coauth2-support=E2=80=9D branch of Balsa includes more or less =
usable OAuth2 support for the following providers:

* Microsoft/outlook.com: Balsa is registered, but as we are a FOSS project =
without a commercial audit, it is some kind of =E2=80=9Clow grade=E2=80=9D.=
  As a result, you have to re-enable Balsa every few months, which is trivi=
al: Balsa will display a dialogue with a button to open your browser with t=
he M$/Outlook.com web site where you have to enter your credentials and (II=
RC) a pin which is sent to your mobile.
* Yahoo: works, but with the credentials stolen^H^H^H^H^H^Hborrowed from th=
e Thunderbird sources.  I.e. Yahoo thinks its talking to Thunderbird.  Apar=
t from that, the activation process is as before.
* GMail: I registered Balsa in my Google developer space, so IIRC it is usa=
ble for me and for testing only for the time being.  The Thunderbird hack /=
might/ work as for Yahoo as intermediate solution, though.

I *think* it should be possible to go through the registration process for =
the latter two providers (there are actually more) to reach the status as f=
or M$, but it seems to be somewhat complex.  As I'm not a native speaker, I=
 must admit that it is somewhat difficult for me to understand all the lega=
l talk (but this would probably the same in German=E2=80=A6).  Unfortunatel=
y, I'm packed with real-life work (i.e. for =E2=82=AC=E2=82=AC) =E2=80=93 w=
orking in operational cyber defence is not funny since ~last autumn.

I'll try to find some spare time to push this issue=E2=80=A6

Best,
Albrecht.
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