[Users] Microsoft Live (hotmail) oauth2 authentication always fails

[Ettore Tagarelli]

...gmail worked pasting code from URL in 4.0...

Il giorno sab 6 lug 2024 alle ore 00:08 Ettore Tagarelli <tagahect at gmail.com>
ha scritto:

> I was writing this when you wrote... 🙂
> Finally I got it!
> First of all special thanks to David for the patience and support.
> The procedure that worked for me (only 4.3 worked) for those that could be
> interested:
> 1-Slelct service provider MS Outlook. the others didn't work (at least for
> me)
> 2-Click "Copy link". This opens listener on 8888
> 3-paste link in browser already logged with your azure account
> 4-enter your address as requested and accept connections
> If your azure app is set up correctly you will receive "Authorization
> complete" message.
> Copy and paste code from URL doesn't work at all anymore.
>
> If I can give an advice.... this document shoul be updated...
> https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Oauth2
>
> Thanks again
>
>
> Il giorno ven 5 lug 2024 alle ore 23:58 David Fletcher <
> David at megapico.co.uk> ha scritto:
>
>> > Nothing about listener in debug log. Doesn't even try to create socket.
>> > No errors but the already mentioned * OAuth2 missing authentication code
>> > that happens if I try to authorize or try to read mail.
>> > I will post logs but before I wanto to ask you something:
>> > do you have a password set in Account preferences>Account>Basic
>> (password
>> > field is the last line)?
>> > do you get that log about listener when you open the application or do
>> you
>> > do any operation to get it?
>>
>> Hi Ettore,
>>
>> The password field in Account preferences>Account>Basic is filled, yes.
>> This
>> is where the oauth2 token generated by the authorisation process is
>> stored.
>> Effectively this token is a password with limited validity, typically 1
>> hour,
>> after which it will be updated automatically. So storing it here makes
>> sense.
>>
>> Your password field will probably be blank if the authorisation has not
>> worked.
>>
>> The listener is only present after copying the authorisation link in the
>> Oauth2 preferences window or clicking the button that opens your browser
>> to
>> complete the authorisation. The listener is closed when this preferences
>> window is closed. It is not present at Claws Mail start up. You mention
>> that
>> things are working for Google gmail. That uses the exact same listener
>> process.
>>
>> I was looking at the Debian source files behind the Ubuntu packages. I
>> don't
>> have Ubuntu so I can't try that exact version, but the package appears to
>> be
>> compiled without "--disable-oauth2" so oauth2 should be available.
>>
>> David.
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