Re: 18.08; imap.googlemail.com vs. imap.gmail.com; "akonadi resources for google services"

[Frank Mehnert <frank.mehnert@gmail.com>]

Hi Sarunas,

On Dienstag, 7. Mai 2019 21:47:28 CEST Sarunas Burdulis wrote:
> On 5/7/19 3:24 PM, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> > [...]
> > 
> >> Now the problem remains that I still cannot sent E-mails using the
> >> XOAUTH2 authentication so I'm still using PLAIN for that. If I try
> >> to use XOAUTH2 then sending fails with "server closed connection"
> >> or something like that.
> >> 
> >> Is anybody successfully using the XOAUTH2 authentication method
> >> for smtp.gmail.com?
> > 
> > I would like to ask again if someone is successfully using gmail with
> > XOAUTH2 for sending e-mails. I cannot imagine that nobody is using
> > kmail/Akonadi with gmail.
> 
> Yes, Kmail (5.10.3) and Thunderbird (60.6.1) send gmail here with
> authenticated smtp.gmail.com (STARTTLS/587, XOAUTH2). Kubuntu 19.04 though.

That's an promising information. Given that Kmail with XOAUTH2 works for
you on Kubuntu 19.04 I will check if there are any differences in the
XOAUTH2 plugin between Debian and Kubuntu 19.04.

Thanks!

Frank