On Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:59:35 +1030
Tim via users <users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org> wrote:
On Thu, 2022-12-01 at 09:12 -0800, Geoffrey Leach wrote:
> What's going on is configuration of claws-mail for OAuth2
> connection to gmail. At the end of the process one connects to
> Google (with Firefox) to provide an authorization password. At that
> point things go haywire with the 8888 address.
>
> It turns out that the system in question appears to have hardware
> problems, so that's probably the root issue.
It doesn't sound like hardware issue.
I have Evolution set to access a gmail account, also using that
authentication scheme. The first time you attempt to access it, or
after some failures, Evolution pops up a mini webbrowser window for
you to authenticate with Google: Some login details, confirmation
clicks, I can't really remember what, it was a long time ago, and may
be different now. It mostly just connects without asking me any
questions every day.
If you have a HTTP proxy anywhere, perhaps that's throwing a spanner
in the works. Look through your email settings, your browser
settings, options for your desktop, your general network settings for
the whole computer.
I suppose we should ask the obvious: Has this worked for you before?
Yes, it's been working just fine ever since ... And there are no
proxies anywhere.