Re: [Evolution] kerberos authentication

[Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>]

On Sat, 2020-06-06 at 09:45 +1000, Ian Willis wrote:
> Evolution uses kerberos for the imap and SMTP protocols however the
> CalDav functionality prompts for a password. The server supports
> kerberos authentication for the calendar so is the statement that
> "Evolution CalDav only supports simple Basic password based
> authentication" correct?
>
> If this is correct is there any thoughts on whether a more consistent
> authentication approach would be beneficial and has any work ever
> been done in this space?

        Hi,
it's correct. Unfortunately, there had been not begun any work on it
yet. It's filled as a feature request here:
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/105

        Bye,
        Milan