[Users] Setting up Claws for Oauth2

[James Freer]

On Sun, 12 Jan 2025 at 21:38, David Fletcher <David at megapico.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Hi James,
>
> There's a FAQ that covers Gmail setup:
> https://claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Oauth2
>
> For Yahoo this entry is wrong:
>
> > Client ID: jrjfreer at yahoo.co.uk
>
> As you will see for the Gmail setup this ClientID is about registering
> the Claws Mail application with the email service provider and
> requesting particular permissions for accessing their service.
>
> For Yahoo and Microsoft (Outlook, Exchange) this process is well
> documented in the FAQ. Yahoo previously provided no obvious way to
> register to request a ClientID. People instead used a ClientID extracted
> from another popular open source email application which already
> contains a working ID.
>
> In response to your post I have just looked and Yahoo now does offer a
> way to request a Client ID:
> https://developer.yahoo.com/oauth2/guide/openid_connect/getting_started.html
>
> I've not yet tried to register Claws-Mail through that Yahoo page, but
> it if works it will give you a ClientID which would replace the email
> you had in that box. The actual connection should then proceed in a
> similar way to Gmail or Microsoft.
>
> If you get it working it will be great to document the process with a new
> section on the FAQ. I will probably give it a go in next few weeks but
> you might well get there first.
>
> The time setting mentioned in the other reply probably doesn't have any
> impact on the Oauth2 process, it does not rely on time synchronisation.
>
> Best regards, David.

Much appreciate your reply. Client ID is indeed wrong. I've been
working through the links you gave. All seems rather involved for my
IT knowledge but i will try. I used Claws and Sylpheed back in about
2009/2010 and liked it with MH. But now with Oauth2 setting up to me
seems complicated. Evolution and Thunderbird like phone app email
clients all do it automatically.

james