Re: the great Gmail ERR [AUTH] therad

Charles Cazabon wrote:
> Neil R. Ormos wrote:
>> Charles Cazabon wrote:

>>> OAUTH with Gmail isn't trivially simple, and
>>> since I don't have a Google account it's
>>> difficult for me to test.  Others have posted
>>> instructions to the list in the past, so
>>> looking in the archives is probably a good
>>> step.

>> When I looked last week, I saw mention of some
>> patches, but I did not see the principal thread
>> where the necessary configuration was
>> explained.  Whatever archive I was looking at
>> seemed exceptionally counterintuitive to
>> navigate. [...]

>> [reordered] I would be grateful if you would
>> kindly mention a date or the subject for the
>> thread.

> The most recent thread was this one:

> https://marc.info/?l=getmail&m=165171175431842&w=2

Thank you that link.  I had read that thread offering a patch to getmail-gmail-xoauth-tokens, but it does not explain how to set up the configuration file.

Also, I was unsure how to interpret the part about the additional patch that would be needed "after February" to start an http server on localhost to receive a code via a redirect URI.

From the thread, it looks like the script is unusable until that additional change is made, but I'm not sure if my interpretation is correct or a pessimistic overshoot.  If the tokens script is known to be not working for now, then it would help users to know that so that they aren't spinning their wheels trying to use Getmail with XOAUTH2 to access Gmail.