mailx config question

[mark edwards]

hello -

this may not be the best forum to ask this, but i thought i would start here.

recently i configured node "nodemailer" to send mail, and it uses google oauth2 clientId & clientSecret.

is there any way to configure mailx in /etc/mail.rc to do something similar, using the google oath2 credentials?

 

[mark edwards]

since this forum question is now in the top position when searching for
"mailx" google oauth2 clientId clientSecret
i am going to assume this is not commonly done, yet.

this gets us a little closer:

UtkarshVerma/i3blocklets

:pushpin: Custom scripts for i3blocks written in bash. - UtkarshVerma/i3blocklets

github.com

How to provide OAuth2 "Client ID" and "Client Secret" to an open-source bash script?

I was writing a bash script for Gmail that would authorize itself using OAuth2, and make API calls using the received tokens. It worked. But now I'm stuck on thinking how to securely store the Clie...

unix.stackexchange.com

 

[mark edwards]

reposting question here: https://stackshare.io/edwardsmarkf/decisions/104524226718498959