Re: [Evolution] Evolution Not Receiving Mail

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Fri, 2021-06-25 at 12:06 -0600, Val Kartchner via evolution-list
wrote:
> Evolution was working yesterday but is not working today on any of
> the 5
> accounts on gmail.com.  I am writing this email on gmail's web
> interface.
>
> When I get a mail failure I tell it to Reconnect.  I enter the
> username and
> password, then tell Gmail that I approve that GNOME Evolution can
> connect
> to this account.  I then get a flash of what looks like an
> authorization
> key, then that screen is cleared to show me a screen with "Requesting
> access token, please wait..."  This screen never receives the token
> because
> it already got the token (on the previous screen) and disregarded it.
>
> How do I fix Evolution to receive the authorization token that it was
> sent?

As we keep saying on this list, it's important to *at a minimum* report
the version of Evolution (see Help->About). The specific DE might also
be relevant (Gnome, KDE, etc.), and the whether the accounts were
authorised using gnome-online-accounts or directly within Evo.

poc