Thank you for the quick and informative response! I am able to use the app-specific password as a workaround.
In case it offers any clues on your end, Thunderbird successfully connects via OAuth2 to the same account, so it must be technically possible. If I can be helpful in making progress on this front please let me know. Thanks again Andy On Wed, 2021-02-10 at 07:57 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: > On Tue, 2021-02-09 at 13:37 -0500, Andrew Perrin via evolution-list > wrote: > > Any advice on how to enable OAuth2 authentication against > > imap.aol.com server? Thanks. > > Hi, > as far as I know, the imap.aol.com is managed by Yahoo! these days, > thus you need Yahoo! credentials (client ID + client secret for the > OAuth2), but Yahoo! developer console doesn't offer Mail scope > anymore. > Search the Internet or this archive for more information. > > I sent a request to them months ago (twice), with no response so far. > I'd be more than happy to enable this in the Evolution, ideally also > for the CalDAV and CardDAV endpoints, but there's currently no way > for > it. > > My Yahoo! account still works with no problem, even without OAuth2. > Maybe it's a matter of time. Try application specific password. > Bye, > Milan > > _______________________________________________ > evolution-list mailing list > evolution-list@gnome.org > To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... > https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
