Re: OAuth2 authenticator problem

"J.Edner" <[email protected]> Thu, 31 Mar 2022 15:08:21 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.mail.fetchmail.user
Organization private
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hello Robin,

>> 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 unpublished it and then the refresh procedure worked.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.

last year I've successfully got the Google OAuth2 authentication running 
and since then have set-up several accesses without any problem using 
Fetchmail 6.4.x with the OAuth2 patch.

https://gitlab.com/fetchmail/fetchmail/-/issues/27

http://mmogilvi.users.sourceforge.net/software/oauthbearer.html

I've documented the Google configuration steps with screenshots for
my personal use in German language. If you want I can send you that
pdf file so that you can try to get your account configured correctly.
(Translating the text shouldn't be the problem thanks to Google 
Translator ;-)

Regards
Juergen