Questions tagged [oauth2]
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Thunderbird fails gmail OAuth2 despite correct credentials
When trying to set up Gmail account using OAuth2 on fresh Thundirbird install I can't get properly authenticated despite providing correct credentials.
With help of the Thunderbird wizard I get all the servers and a new window for OAuth2 is…
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Thunderbird login to Gmail with OAuth2 fails with "secure connection failed" - how to complete the login?
From 30 May 2022 we will be required to use OAuth2, not normal passwords, to log in to Gmail accounts. How will this Google announcement affect Thunderbird? So, I've tried several times to change the Gmail accounts in my Thunderbird instance…
Joe P
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How to continue using msmtp OAuth 2.0 for Gmail in mutt after oob deprecation?
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For two years I've been happily accessing my Gmail accounts with neomutt.
I'm sync'ing between neomutt locally and my online Gmail account with mbsync and a "2-Step Verification" app password (Sign in with App Passwords).
sending email…
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Get Processing abandoned The video could not be processed error after use curl in google colab
I uploaded my video with mp4 format to Google Colab disk storage. then replaced with Google Console access token and run following curl command in a cell:
!curl -X POST -i…
mitisani lisinani
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How is oAuth more secure?
Many services, for example IMAP mail by Google, has moved away from user id/password authentication to using oAuth.
How is oAuth more secure, besides it being a service provided by a large and well endowed company with more resources to monitor?
Old Geezer
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What are the advantages of using OAuth authentication in my desktop email client instead of an "app password" aka "secure mail key"?
Google allows the use of OAuth authentication to fetch email, but also the use of a lengthy "app password" generated by Google instead of an account password. Yahoo/AT&T also allows the use of a "secure mail key" in lieu of OAuth - the "secure mail…
Jim
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Delete OAuth2 token in Thunderbird e-mail client
I am using Thunderbird to access my Google Mail. I use OAuth2 to authenticate. I am doing some testing and want to delete the OAuth2 token Thunderbird is using so that I am forced to re-authenticate.
How do I delete this OAuth2 token in…
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Configure Office 365 POP3 Account with OAuth2 in Microsoft Outlook 2016
Recently Microsoft deactivated Office 365 Basic Authentication, causing all POP3 email accounts in my organization configured in Outlook 2016 client to stop working and display a password error.
If I set up those accounts again as new i can use them…
Juan
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Unattended OAuth2 access to google mailbox using IMAP
I have a program that fetches e-mail from a google mailbox using IMAP.
It currently uses username/password ("PLAIN") authentication in the IMAP protocol. I would like to change it to support XOAUTH2 authentication.
The program is written in .NET and…
Kevin Martin
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securing client/server communication
I have special environment which requires that I think security a bit out of the box.
Components involved:
A web service which requests data from a gateway, processes it and sends it to web clients.
A gateway service which queries the data from a…
Nimral
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Keycloak returning {"error":"Bearer token format error"} while getting clients by REST interface
Looking for a way to setup a keycloak env., create a new realm and populate with client/users to get a Minimal OAuth endpoint by using REST/CURL interface.
Keycloak returning {"error":"Bearer token format error"}
Im on Windows 10 Pro + Docker …
mark
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Why have different token types in OAuth
I'm currently writing some code to deal with oAuth (using the Azure Graph API, but I think Google APIs are similar).
To make an API call I need an Access Token, which has a lifetime of around one hour. To get the Access Token I need to first get the…
Phil Rosenberg
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