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diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index a5241cdf..05b4f308 100644 --- a/pith/pine.hlp +++ b/pith/pine.hlp @@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ with help text for the config screen and the composer that didn't have any reasonable place to be called from. Dummy change to get revision in pine.hlp ============= h_revision ================= -Alpine Commit 384 2020-01-10 10:32:45 +Alpine Commit 385 2020-01-15 12:40:59 ============= h_news ================= <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -15933,6 +15933,66 @@ Nickname: field. <End of help on this topic> </BODY> </HTML> +======= h_config_xoauth2_client_id ======= +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Client-Id Explained</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>Client-Id Explained</H1> + +If you have registered Alpine with your service provider to use the +XOAUTH2 authenticator, or someone has shared a client-id with you, use this +field to input this field. Remember that in order to use the XOAUTH2 authentication +method, you must have a pair of client-id and client-secret. You must have +both in order for this authenticator to work. + +<P> +The Client-Id field is a string that your provider generates for the program +being registered. However, some providers allow different users to register +the same program. Users of the Mutt email program already do this to use +XOAUTH2 authentication in Gmail. + +<P> +Some providers generate an extremely long client-id string. If this is your +case, you might have to divide that string into pieces and paste each of those +pieces into this field. +<P> +<End of help on this topic> +</BODY> +</HTML> +======= h_config_xoauth2_client_secret ======= +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Client-Secret Explained</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>Client-Secret Explained</H1> + +If you have registered Alpine with your service provider to use the +XOAUTH2 authenticator, or someone has shared a client-secret with you, use this +field to input this field. Remember that in order to use the XOAUTH2 authentication +method, you must have a pair of client-id and client-secret. You must have +both in order for this authenticator to work. + +<P> The client-secret field is supposed to be kept secret, that is not +shared with any of the users, but due to the open source nature of Alpine, +it is not possible to keep it secret in any meaningful way. The intention +of this field is so that only the coders of an app can use the codes given +to them and authenticate their users to the services they are requesting. +This means that other coders would not be able to impresonate that app, +and use it to steal data from those users. In the case of Alpine this is +not possible, as Alpine does not steal data from its users, so users are safe +sharing client-secrets. Just make sure you obtain your copy of Alpine from +a reputable provider or compile the source code by yourself. The official +source code of this project is located at + +<P><CENTER><A HREF="http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git">http://repo.or.cz/alpine.git</A>.</CENTER> + +<P> +<End of help on this topic> +</BODY> +</HTML> ======= h_config_role_nick ======= <HTML> <HEAD> |