Re: the great Gmail ERR [AUTH] therad

Neil R. Ormos <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > [Gmail OAUTH] When I looked last week, I saw mention of some patches
> 
> > The most recent thread was this one:
> > 
> > https://marc.info/?l=getmail&m=165171175431842&w=2
[...]
> 
> 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.

If you look in getmail's configuration documentation for `use_xoauth2` you'll
find some info.

There is other documentation/commentary around the net from people who have
configured OAUTH for Gmail/getmail.

However...

> 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.

I believe that is the case.  No one has submitted this work, and I can't
really do it since I do not have access to Gmail (well, and I lack time, too).

If you want to write that code, I would happily accept it.

Overall, it would be much simpler -- it's really easy, just a few clicks -- 
for you to enable 2FA on your Google account and set an app password to use
with getmail.

It literally is a 10-second task.

Charles
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