Re: [Evolution] Evolution caught in endless authentication loop

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Sat, 2021-02-20 at 14:41 -0800, Ullrich Fischer via evolution-list
wrote:
> 549 incoming email messages ago (3 days), my Evolution email client
> stopped being able to send/receive email messages.  Whenever I hit that
> Send/Receive button, I get into an endless loop of the program asking
> me to authenticate with gmail.com.   I enter my gmail address and
> password, press Yes on my phone to acknowledge that it is me (2 factor
> authentication), then accept the page that tells me all the things
> gnome can now do to my email.  In the past, (before 3 days ago) this
> process popped up whenever I rebooted my laptop and left Evolution
> fully functional until the next time I rebooted, but now it just goes
> right back to asking for my gmail authentication.

Is that a mail account configured in Evolution itself or via the
system's "Online Accounts"?

> Is there a fix for this on the horizon

If this is about the horizon on your system then it's a good question
for your distribution as you are still on old outdated 3.38.1 instead
of latest stable Evolution 3.38.4 [1].
So *if* there was a bug in Evolution upstream code here to fix in
stable 3.38.x, then the fix may not ever reach you.

> should I try yet a 3rd email client for my Ubuntu 20.04 setup?  

You are free to install and use whatever you'd like as we don't have
control over your machine. You could also consider another distribution
though, if you are interested in receiving regular software bug fixes.

Cheers,
andre

[1] https://download.gnome.org/sources/evolution/3.38/
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