[Alpine-info] O365 XOAUTH2 via fetchmail

[jason-alpine-info at shalott.net]

>>> Has anyone gotten something like this working with fetchmail + XOAUTH2 

>>> for O365?



>> This is somewhat off-topic.



> I thought initially the same but then i realized that Alpine users might 

> look for answers to their questions about Alpine in an Alpine list 

> instead of a fetchmail list. There are many programs that relate to the 

> use of Alpine and this is one of them, so I reconsidered and thought it 

> was appropriate too.


Well, I'll take that as a green light to toss out another alternative.  :)

OfflineIMAP is a similar program that can fetch mail from a remote IMAP 
server.  It can do both one-way (i.e., only fetch messages, never modify 
server-side state) and two-way sync (i.e., when you delete a message in 
the local copy, it will also delete it on the server), and it is known to 
work with Google and Outlook365, both using OAUTH2.

There are a lot of fetchmail-type apps out there, but OfflineIMAP is by 
far the one that I personally have had the best luck with.  I have most 
often used it to do one-way sync, to keep an immutable backup of all mail 
that I ever received; but I have also used it in two-way sync mode, and 
never had any problems.  Your mileage may vary, but it is always my first 
choice in this space.

Some links that may help:
http://www.offlineimap.org/
https://hobo.house/2017/07/17/using-offlineimap-with-the-gmail-imap-api/
https://github.com/UvA-FNWI/M365-IMAP



  -Jason