In the applications folder is a sub-folder called Utilities. In that sub-folder is an app called Keychain Access. When that app is opened, it shows on the dock an icon shaped like keys on a circular “chain.” At the top of the left side column is the word “Keychains,” below which are five options: Directory Services, login, iCloud, System, System Roots. After looking at them all, I opted for “login,” which is uniquely written in bold font; this displays a long list of keychain files. That is what I accessed. Yes, there is another file, com.apple.Exchange.oauth-token with the same time stamp as the one mentioned in my earlier message, which shows an extremely long string of alphanumeric code. When I select each of these two files, the file name is displayed in bold font in a header strip at the top of the window; the next line in the header says: “Kind: application password;” the third line says “Account:” following which is the username of my Hotmail account followed by @ and then an alphanumeric string which must be 60 digits long. The first file that I opened, reported in my earlier message shows a header that is essentially identical, except that the extremely long alphanumeric string is completely different.
So, if this is not what you meant, > On Aug 30, 2020, at 1:55 AM, Thomas Bartlett via mailmate > <mailmate@lists.freron.com> wrote: > > Thank you. I found a login keychain file labelled > "com.apple.Exchange.oath-refresh-token." Opening it, I opted to view the > password. It was a ten digit string consisting of mostly random alpha-numeric > and punctuation symbols. Looks plausible. So I tried inserting it in the > Skype login both on MacBook and on iPhone Spark app, but to no avail. I’m > getting extremely frustrated trying to do it this way. I think there must be > some other factor that’s getting in the way. Has Skype simply dropped > accessing Hotmail? > > Thanks for your tip. In the past I’ve been too unfamiliar with using the > keychain files. But maybe it’s not too late to learn some of it. > > Thomas > > > >> On Aug 30, 2020, at 12:18 AM, Thomas Eckhold <tho...@eckhold.eu> wrote: >> >> Passwords should be stored in the keychain of MAC OS not in MM itself. Did >> you take a look there? Search for the name of the provider not MM. >> >> Kind regards >> Thomas >> >> Von meinem iPhone gesendet >> >>> Am 30.08.2020 um 08:17 schrieb Thomas Bartlett via mailmate >>> <mailmate@lists.freron.com>: >>> >>> I use four email clients in my MacBook Pro: MailMate, Apple Mail, MS >>> Outlook, and Spark. In the first three I have a Hotmail account that >>> functions properly. In Spark, it used to run properly but is now saying I >>> need to login again. But I don’t have a record of the password and the >>> Spark process apparently does not allow for resetting a lost password. >>> >>> So I though I’d try copying the Hotmail password from one of the three >>> other clients in which the Hotmail account is functioning properly. In MS >>> Outlook, for my six email accounts, the two Gmail accounts do not show a >>> password, but in settings for the other four non-Gmail accounts, three show >>> the current password, but the Hotmail settings show no password; the box is >>> simply blank, although the account is functioning. >>> >>> So, in MailMate, is there some way I can view and copy the current password >>> of an active and functioning account, so that I can copy it to the Spark >>> login? >>> >>> Thanks in advance to anyone who troubles to contribute to solving this not >>> very sophisticated problem. >>> >>> Thomas >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mailmate mailing list >>> mailmate@lists.freron.com >>> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >> >> _______________________________________________ >> mailmate mailing list >> mailmate@lists.freron.com >> https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > mailmate@lists.freron.com > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate _______________________________________________ mailmate mailing list mailmate@lists.freron.com https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate
