[Users] How to configure Gmail with OAuth2

Olivier Esser olivier.esser at gmail.com
Sat Mar 5 18:56:12 UTC 2022


On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 19:59:02 -0000
Paul <paul at claws-mail.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Mar 2022 20:24:07 +0100
> Olivier Esser <olivier.esser at gmail.com> wrote: 
> 
> > In the Account reference, there is an OAuth2 option, I can even select
> > "Google/Gmail" in the "OAuth2 email service provider". But I am unable to
> > configure an account with Gmail. I am unsure what I have to put in the
> > Client ID and Client secret field. Whatever I try, when I click on "Open
> > default browser with request", I land on a page that  "Authorization
> > error". Is there a simple way to make claws mail to work with Gmail? For
> > now, I use the standard IMAP authentication but t will soon be removed by
> > Google.  
> 
> FAQ: https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Oauth2


OK, thanks it works now. But a few things seems misleading in the FAQ.

I have left the project status as "testing" not "in production" (it would make no sense for me, I am only a user, not the developer of claws mail).
I have added myself as a testing user and I have added nothing under the "restricted scopes". It seems to work.

Olivier Esser


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