mutt, imaps and OAuth2

[Francesco Ariis]

Il 04 agosto 2022 alle 12:51 Sébastien Hinderer ha scritto:
> > > I tried to configure mutt to read those e-mails, in particular to make
> > > the OAuth2 authentification method work for imaps.
> > 
> > Have you considered enabling 2fa and then adding an application-specific
> > password?
> 
> Practically speaking, are you requested to confirm your authentication
> through your phone each time you read your e-mails withmutt, or just
> from time to time?

Just once! But once you have 2fa turned on, you will not be able to turn
it off when you log in — say — in the web based gmail client.

I specifically use this feature with getmail (rather with mutt itself
directly), I suspect there are other mutters reading this conversation
which can bring their experience to the table.