I’m using the Aerc mail client and I’m trying to setup my Personal outlook account on it. I’m also using the Oama authentication for OAuth and I want to know how to use it to avoid plaintext passwords.
My aerc config at /home/username/.config/aerc/accounts.conf looks like this:
[Personal]
source = imaps://username%40hotmail.com@outlook.office365.com:993
outgoing = smtp://username%40hotmail.com@smtp-mail.outlook.com:587
default = INBOX
from = Me <username@hotmail.com>
copy-to = Sent
cache-headers = true
source-cred-cmd = echo PASSWORD
outgoing-cred-cmd = echo PASSWORD
But When I open aerc with this config, the authentication fails and I don’t know why.
- I have a legacy hotmail.com email address
- I enabled IMAP on my Outlook settings
But I don’t know how to configure a personal outlook email. I can configure my University’s Office365 email, but this eludes me.
I also want to know how to edit source-cred-cmd and outgoing-cred-cmd to not echo my plaintext password
