[Evolution] RESOLVED Re: Gmail: stuck logging in

[Keith Barber <keith keith barber name>]

First, apologies for duplicated post.

I realise I altered the authentication method from Oauth2 to Password
(only way I could find to input a password when in the Oauth2 loop). 
Embarrassingly, I forgot to alter it back again.  All is now well.
-- 
Best wishes
Keith Barber
(He/him)


On Fri, 2022-07-22 at 16:20 +0100, Keith Barber wrote:
> I've just added a gmail account to my Evolution setup; both have
> existed for some time and worked well, this is the first time I've
> tried to connect them.
>
> Initial problems (an Oauth2 loop) led me to the thread "Re:
> [Evolution]
> Gmail Oauth2 loop" from December last year; I followed Milan's advice
> (thank you for that, worked fine) but now I'm stuck again. I try to
> log
> in to the gmail account, I'm asked for the password each time and,
> having allowed google to trust Evolution I get this message: 
> "Failed to open folder.
> The reported error was “Authentication password not available”.
>
> All my other accounts seem to be working perfectly.
>
> Following update I am running Evolution 3.44.3 under Ubuntu 20.04.4
>
> Any help would be appreciated (including pointing out something
> obvious
> I'm missing - I'm at the beginner end of the computer expert
> spectrum).