[sylpheed:37218] Re: Could not get OAuth2 token.

[Frank Elsner]

On Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:11:18 +0200 Frank Elsner wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> today my sylpheed stopped working with the IMAP-server at mailbox.org with this messages:
> 
> [10:04:51] IMAP4< * CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR LOGIN-REFERRALS ID ENABLE IDLE UIDPLUS LITERAL+ AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=LOGIN AUTH=OAUTHBEARER AUTH=XOAUTH2
> [10:04:51] IMAP4< 3 OK Pre-login capabilities listed, post-login capabilities have more.
> [10:04:51] IMAP4> 4 AUTHENTICATE XOAUTH2
> [10:04:51] IMAP4< + 
> ** LibSylph-WARNING: [10:04:51] Could not get OAuth2 token.
> 
> ** Could not get OAuth2 token.
> [10:04:51] IMAP4> 5 LOGOUT
> [10:04:51] IMAP4< 4 BAD Invalid base64 data in continued response
> ** LibSylph-WARNING: [10:04:51] Could not establish IMAP connection.
> 
> ** Could not establish IMAP connection.
> 
> Where is the problem located? Sylpheed od IMAP-server?
> What can be done to make my sylpheed working again?
> Can sylpheed be forced to use PLAIN authentication?

Yes, I found that I can force PLAIN authentication in preferences for the sccount.
My problem vanished and I'm happy that I found the solution myself


Greetings, Franl