[neomutt-users] OAuth2 Thunderbird Settings

[Robert Gabriel]

> On 14 Aug 2022, at 23:41, rmz <me at rmz.io> wrote:
> 
> On Aug 14, 2022 at 20:00, Robert Gabriel wrote:
>> I tried mutt_oauth2.py and it requires a `client_id` and
>> `client_secret`. This will not work for me as our org has disabled
>> Azure anything and the admins will not configure anything for NeoMutt
>> etc.
> 
> <rant>
> Same here, my org decided that only "Microsoft approved" apps were
> allowed to use the OAUTH2 mechanism, blocked everything else and
> wouldn't issue client tokens.
> </rant>
> 
>> So, pardon my ignorance please: what can I do or use with NeoMutt to
>> achieve the same (if possible)?
> 
> I can't say anything about getting the to work in NeoMutt directly, but
> I successfully followed the ArchWiki on isync/mbsync[xoauth] to sync
> mail via IMAP using OAUTH2. It uses `mutt_oauth2.py` so I suppose you
> should be able to get it to work in mutt too.
> 
> [xouth2]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Isync#mutt_oauth2.py
> 
> The gist of it is:
> 1. grab the client_id/client_secret from thunderbird
>   - https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/file/tip/mailnews/base/src/OAuth2Providers.jsm#l79
>   - More details: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Isync#App_registrations
> 2. modify the scripts ENCRYPTION_PIPE and DECRYPTION_PIPE to 3. run `mutt_outh2.py <token-file> --authorize` to write generate tokens
>   to the given file
> 4. use `mutt_oauth2.py <token-file>` as your command for the
>   authentication mechanism
> 
> Good Luck

That worked!

Thank you thank you thank you.