Re: OAuth2 authenticator problem

On Wed, 23 Mar 2022 21:00:01 +0700
Robin Atwood <[email protected]> wrote:
> > That's a sign that you had left authentication set to automatic and
> > the XOAUTH2 or OAUTHBEARER authentication method started failing
> > with your server at some point. Re-obtaining a new token with the
> > script may fix it, else running fetchmail in verbose mode (-v or -v
> > -v) may give you sufficient information to pinpoint the failure.  
> 
> I ran 
> oauth2 -c /path/to/oauth2Config.properties --obtain_refresh_token_file
> again and now the logon proceeds. I will see how long it works, one
> week seems to be the limit. If it happens again I will try publishing
> my app to see if that helps.

Yes, exactly one week later fetchmail ran out of authenticators again.
I "published" my Google app and ran the refresh command as above but I
received a message saying my app didn't obey the rules. So I
unpublished it and then the refresh procedure worked. For another week
I assume. Time to think about a new email service.

Robin
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