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    Getting Evolution working with Gmail accounts

    Hi-

    Fresh install of Kubuntu and trying to get Evolution working with my Gmail accounts via IMAP

    When I create an account and choose either manual or automatic setup for the server settings, I enter my credentials when prompted and then it hangs on the screen after that with messages htat read:

    OAuth2 secret not found

    and

    Requesting access token, please wait...

    I have gnome-keyring installed and it appears to be running.

    I've also tried to set this up using Gnome Online Accounts but still no luck

    I've also tried to use a application-specific password I setup in Gmail for this machine, but that password is not taken.

    Any help here greatly appreciated!


    #2
    Not sure if this is of any help: I find that for the google account (and also M$) to work I often have to kill all evolution processes after the first start and opening the keyring and then just restart it... not sure why this is the case ...
    I just had a look at my setup and I am using Oauth2, but I do not have an app password for Evolution (I do for K-9 on my phone).

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      #3
      Evolution is not a Plasma application. You might find more help elsewhere just because there are not many - or maybe any - Evolution users here.

      Please Read Me

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        #4
        I use Evolution, but oshunluvr is right, it is not a plasma app and there are not a lot of people here using it - you may be better off looking in a different forum, since this seems to be more of an evolution-internal problem, and not even KDE-integration-related. For what it's worth, I didn't have any issues setting up my Gmail account in evolution, but the M$ Exchange account was a bit more tricky; here is what I have to do for that - maybe there is something useful in there: https://www.kubuntuforums.net/forum/...858#post620858

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          #5
          You might have to set up Google account third-party app access; with Thunderbird I had to. Search for "Sign in with App Passwords".
          Regards, John Little

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            #6
            I do not have an app password setup for Evolution. However, as I just installed kubuntu on my M$ Surface, I decided to install Evolution and give this a try, and I found that in order for my Gmail account to complete the setup dialogue, I had to temporarily disable 2-factor authentication, otherwise it would just hang at the last step (Requesting authentication token... and never finish). After I switched off 2FA, it worked and even after turning on 2FA again, it is still working (with the settings show in the screenshot above). Maybe give that a try.
            Last edited by Chopstick; Jan 17, 2023, 05:08 PM. Reason: typo

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