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diff --git a/pith/pine.hlp b/pith/pine.hlp index b751666b..903873c2 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 486 2020-07-07 14:25:41 +Alpine Commit 488 2020-07-09 00:16:30 ============= h_news ================= <HTML> <HEAD> @@ -16233,6 +16233,40 @@ organization only. <End of help on this topic> </BODY> </HTML> +======= h_config_xoauth2_flow ======= +<HTML> +<HEAD> +<TITLE>Flow Explained</TITLE> +</HEAD> +<BODY> +<H1>Flow Explained</H1> + +The first time you connect to a service to authorize Alpine access to your +email, you will have to do a certain number of steps, which typically involve +to login to your account using a browser, and agreeing to give Alpine certain +rights to access your account. + +<P> +How this process is going to be done depends on the service. Some services +allow you to give access to Alpine and later generate a code that you +input into Alpine, while others give you a code you have to use before you +approve access to Alpine to access your email. + +<P> An example of a service that gives you a code after you authorize +Alpine is Gmail, and this process is called internally as "Authorize". +An example of a service that gives you a code before you authorize Alpine +is Outlook, and this process is called "Device". However, some services, +like Outlook, offer both services, and you can choose which flow you would like +to use. You +can choose between the "Authorize&qupt; and "Device" in these servers. +If you forget to configure +this, Alpine will ask you in these situations which method to use before it starts +to setup the process to get your authrization. + +<P> +<End of help on this topic> +</BODY> +</HTML> ======= h_config_xoauth2_username ======= <HTML> <HEAD> |