Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email

On Jun 03 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote:

If Google requires a client secret, then it can't be used with open
source applications. Period.

https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmailtransport/-/blob/master/src/kmailtransport/plugins/smtp/smtpjob.cpp#L31

Andreas.

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Andreas Schwab wrote:

On Jun 03 2021, Felipe Contreras wrote:

quoted

If Google requires a client secret, then it can't be used with open
source applications. Period.

https://invent.kde.org/pim/kmailtransport/-/blob/master/src/kmailtransport/plugins/smtp/smtpjob.cpp#L31

Yes, they are doing something wrong (puting a *secret* value on a public
place), so?

If somebody were to report that to Google that app probably would get
banned.

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