mutt-oauth2
This is an update of Alexander Perlis' script and conversion to a package. Instead of using GPG for token storage, this package uses Keyring.
Installation
Pip
pip install mutt-oauth2
Usage
Usage: mutt-oauth2 [OPTIONS]
Obtain and print a valid OAuth2 access token.
Options:
-a, --authorize Manually authorise new tokens.
-d, --debug Enable debug logging.
-t, --test Test authentication.
-u, --username TEXT Keyring username.
-h, --help Show this message and exit.
Start by calling mutt-oauth2 -a. Be sure to have your client ID and and client secret available.
Scopes required
| Provider | Scopes |
|---|---|
| Gmail | Gmail API |
| Microsoft | offline_access IMAP.AccessAsUser.All POP.AccessAsUser.All SMTP.Send |
To support other accounts, use the --username argument with a unique string such as the account
email address.
Test the script with the --test argument.
mutt configuration
Add the following to muttrc:
set imap_authenticators="oauthbearer:xoauth2"
set imap_oauth_refresh_command="/path/to/mutt-oauth2"
set smtp_authenticators=${imap_authenticators}
set smtp_oauth_refresh_command=${imap_oauth_refresh_command}
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