Re: [Evolution] Cannot connect to Evolution with Google

[Anonymous Japhering <japhering gmail com>]

On Mon, 2021-02-15 at 17:33 +0000, Pete Biggs wrote:

On Mon, 2021-02-15 at 12:21 -0500, Daniel Caron via evolution-list

wrote:

I just did and all suddenly it worked like a charm. Thanks for the

hints.

The version was coming from my KDE Depot and obviously was out dated.

No, quite the opposite.  The flatpack version is more recent, but

flatpack apps run in their own sandpit so sometimes their interaction

with other parts of the environment can be a bit hit and miss. 

I'm running the flatpak version  --  3.38.5 (flatpak git900a819)

and have no issues  with Gmail/G-Suite  aside from Google's security protocols.  I run a main install at my desk and

a secondary install on my traveling gear.  Even though I'm running the same Linux version, at the same kernel/patch

level with OAuth2 -- Google always insists on blocking which ever machine I switching to until I come in

via webmail to say "Yes, it was me"

The issues I have with Flatpak are things requiring interaction with the host system .. sending attachments, or

using the "open with default application" for incoming attachments.    On the odd version where open with

works,  it usually means that "Save as" doesn't