Unable to send Outlook email

[venuses]

Description

In the previous version, the configured Outlook emails were sent normally, but after updating to the latest version, they cannot be sent.

Gitea Version

docker image 1.22.3-rootless

Can you reproduce the bug on the Gitea demo site?

Yes

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Git Version

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Operating System

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How are you running Gitea?

docker image 1.22.3-rootless

Database

PostgreSQL

[wxiaoguang]

In the previous version, the configured Outlook emails were sent normally, but after updating to the latest version, they cannot be sent.

Not related. Because outlook is changing their behavior.

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The message is quite clear: outlook says: "basic auth is disabled", but you are still using it, so you can't succeed to send email by your "basic auth"

[venuses]

how should I deal with this?
my app.ini configuration is as follows:

[mailer]
ENABLED = true
FROM = `Name <name@outlook.com>`
PROTOCOL = smtp+starttls
SMTP_ADDR  = smtp-mail.outlook.com
SMTP_PORT = 587
USER = "name@outlook.com"
PASSWD = `xxxx`
ENABLE_HELO = true

[wxiaoguang]

how should I deal with this? my app.ini configuration is as follows:

[mailer]
ENABLED = true
FROM = `Name <name@outlook.com>`
PROTOCOL = smtp+starttls
SMTP_ADDR  = smtp-mail.outlook.com
SMTP_PORT = 587
USER = "name@outlook.com"
PASSWD = `xxxx`
ENABLE_HELO = true

I do not think there is OAuth support at the moment. If I understand correctly, the OAuth SMTP is designed for end users, but not for server software like Gitea. And outlook is moving to "only provide services for end users".

[wxiaoguang]

There are details on Microsoft's site: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/client-developer/legacy-protocols/how-to-authenticate-an-imap-pop-smtp-application-by-using-oauth

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You can use the OAuth authentication service provided by Microsoft Entra (Microsoft Entra) to enable your application connect with IMAP, POP, or SMTP protocols to access Exchange Online in Office 365. To use OAuth with your application, you need to:

• Register your application with Microsoft Entra.
• Get an access token from a token server.
• Authenticate connection requests with an access token.

Maybe it needs some people to try and implement it.

[venuses]

In this link, a new method is provided. Is it currently supported?

[wxiaoguang]

No, there is no such support. There are only a few auth methods supported.

[venuses]

So now I can only change to another outbox😅

[wxiaoguang]

So now I can only change to another outbox😅

Or write some code to add "OAuth" support

[venuses]

OK,I'll see how to solve it.

[changchaishi]

@venuses Maybe you can try to use an SMTP-relay server to accomplish this.
https://github.com/bokysan/docker-postfix?tab=readme-ov-file#xoauth2_client_id-xoauth2_secret-xoauth2_initial_access_token-xoauth2_initial_refresh_token-and-xoauth2_token_endpoint