Re: Is it possible to integrate getmail with an Office 365 mail server using third-party 2FA authentication

Hi Charles,

Thanks very much for your response.

On Sun, 26 May 2019 20:22:09 -0600 Charles Cazabon <[email protected]> wrote:

> Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > We have been able to write a python script using MS Graph or REST API to get
> > the e-mail from there (which involves authentication using OKTA's one time
> > password (OTP) on google-authenticator).
>
> Ok.
>
> > I wonder if it is possible to use this in conjunction with getmail so that
> > we can read them using our own MTA.
>
> Yes, you can do this with getmail; you're looking for the password_command
> retriever parameter; see the docs under common retriever parameters.
>
> Specify it instead of a password parameter; getmail will invoke the
> program/script and read its output.  Have your script output just the OTP that
> it needs to log in with, and that should work.
>
> Provide more details if you're not sure what to do next.

I will try and do what you are suggesting. MS Office 365 needs to connect using a REST or GRAPH API. Something similar to what I need has been attempted with python-o365  at  https://github.com/O365/python-o365 but I am not sure I understand what one is supposed to do there after running the python commands. Besides, I would be happy to work this with something like getmail.

Unless you have more suggestions, I will look into your suggestion and get back to you with more questions.

Many thanks again and best wishes,
Ranjan

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Ranjan Maitra <[email protected]>