Re: connecting to GMail imap accounts and "akonadi resources for google services"

On Thursday, April 27, 2017 2:58:10 PM CEST René J.V. Bertin wrote:
> On Thursday April 27 2017 14:14:02 Daniel Vrátil wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> >You should not have to copy or paste anything, the authentication should
> >automatically get the code and proceed.
> >
> >Make sure the SASL plugin for XOAUTH is installed properly (check if you
> >can see kdexoauth2 in "pluginviewer-c" output (or "saslpluginviewer -c")).
> Hmm,
> 
> %> pluginviewer -c
> ...
> Plugin "kdexoauth2" [loaded],   API version: 4
>         SASL mechanism: XOAUTH2, best SSF: 0
>         security flags: NO_ANONYMOUS|PASS_CREDENTIALS
>         features: WANT_CLIENT_FIRST|PROXY_AUTHENTICATION
> 
> What could be the name for the package in question?
> 
> When I (re)start akonadi from a terminal I see this when I hit enter or
> escape in the final dialog that keeps offering me a code to enter
> somewhere:
> 
> [SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting authID![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting token
> ![SASL-XOAUTH2] - filling prompts
> ![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting authID![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting token
> ![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting authID![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting token
> ![SASL-XOAUTH2] - filling prompts
> ![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting authID![SASL-XOAUTH2] - Requesting token

Hmm, maybe you are hit by the migration issue: try the steps described in the 
comment here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/66vwua/
two_issues_after_upgrading_kmail_and_akregator_to/dgloqzv/?
st=j20fgmhg&sh=140669fa

> 
> >In 5.5 IMAP will always use the new XOAUTH authentication for Gmail.
> 
> Could it be that this requires GMail to NOT be configured to allow legacy
> clients? That'd be a big no-go for me...

Nope, you can still have "unsecure apps" enabled and they will work.

Dan

> 
> R


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