I found the information, there's a new website unknown to me. https://alpineapp.email/
Maybe put that URL in the README file. I am using an old version to avoid the alpine password requirements. I suggest an override when compiling to avoid it's use, some of us just use alpine in our homes, no hackers have access to any files. --no-passwords perhaps? Thanks, EC. Best wishes, DR On Mon, Nov 27, 2023 at 7:29 AM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <[email protected]> wrote: > Could how to configure oauth2 be added to the README file of alpine > current? > > Regards, > > David > > On Mon, Nov 27, 2023, 1:33 AM Eduardo Chappa <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> On Sun, 26 Nov 2023, D.J.J. Ring, Jr. wrote: >> >> > To work, application specific passwords are necessary for both mutt and >> > alpine, Carlos E.R. explains how to get these, however mutt has the >> > ability to use oauth credentials which alpine doesn't seem to have >> yet. >> > Many people have gone over to mutt for this reason. >> >> oauth is deprecated, because it is insecure and Alpine never supported >> it. >> Alpine supports oauth2, which is widely deployed. You can login to Gmail, >> Outlook, Yahoo!, and Yandex using Alpine. >> >> Google requires users of mutt and alpine to get their own client-id and >> client-secret, so we are in equal footing there. >> >> For outlook, Alpine uses a universal client-id and client-secret for the >> device method, and users choose to use Thunderbird's client-id and >> client-secret for the authorize method. Mutt users also seem to be using >> Thunderbird's id and secret. No difference there. >> >> For Yahoo!, alpine uses a device-like method, and I do not think mutt >> users can use mutt to read their Yahoo! email, but that might be my >> ignorance. >> >> For Yandex, users can use the given id and secret and do not need to get >> their own. Mutt users probably need to do that. >> >> Alpine has had oauth2 support for years now. Feel free to spread the news >> as you see fit, or do a search in your favorite search engine for >> "xoauth2 >> alpine" to find how to configure it to login to the above named sites. >> >> I hope this helps. >> >> -- >> Eduardo > >
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