GNU bug report logs - #41386
28.0.50; Gnus nnimap OAuth 2.0 support

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim <at> fitzsim.org>

Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 02:06:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: wontfix

Found in version 28.0.50

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 41386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Thomas Fitzsimmons <fitzsim <at> fitzsim.org>, 41386 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#41386: 28.0.50; Gnus nnimap OAuth 2.0 support
Date: Tue, 19 May 2020 08:58:01 -0400
On Tue, 19 May 2020 at 08:47, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> wrote:

> > Is support for OAuth 2.0 -- perhaps via oauth2.el available in GNU ELPA
> > -- something that Gnus could eventually implement?  If so, I guess this
> > bug report could be where the idea is discussed.
>
> I don't think there's any way to ship Emacs with built-in oauth2 support
> for doing auth with Gmail -- it requires distributions with API secrets

There is something called xoauth2, is that related? Someone posted a
package for it, but the docs are a bit thin...

https://github.com/ccrusius/auth-source-xoauth2




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