Re: Gmail OAuth2 in git send-email

From: Felipe Contreras <felipe.contreras@gmail.com>
Date: Jun 3, 2021, 19:01 UTC
Message-ID: <60b926ff6ef35_39cbe920875@natae.notmuch>
In-Reply-To: <874keeyfl5.fsf@igel.home>

Andreas Schwab wrote:

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> 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

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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Felipe Contreras

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