Can't seem to configure an account correctly

[dpo]

I tried to configure a GMail and an iCloud account. Trying to send a message with either fails. Here is an example output with the iCloud account:

❯ himalaya message send -a icloud --debug                                                                                       14:32:22
2025-05-20T18:32:27.029014Z  INFO himalaya::email::message::command::send: executing send message command
2025-05-20T18:32:27.030439Z DEBUG email::imap: building 1 IMAP clients
2025-05-20T18:32:27.304661Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: No cached session for DnsName("imap.mail.me.com")
2025-05-20T18:32:27.305598Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: Not resuming any session
2025-05-20T18:32:27.347301Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: Using ciphersuite TLS13_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
2025-05-20T18:32:27.347354Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::tls13: Not resuming
2025-05-20T18:32:27.347532Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::tls13: TLS1.3 encrypted extensions: []
2025-05-20T18:32:27.347541Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: ALPN protocol is None
2025-05-20T18:32:27.520724Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: using password authentication
2025-05-20T18:32:27.521120Z  INFO client::build: process::command: run shell command cmd="pass show Email/my.name@icloud.com"
2025-05-20T18:32:27.521157Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: inherit stdin from parent
2025-05-20T18:32:27.521169Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: stdout piped
2025-05-20T18:32:27.521174Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: stderr piped
2025-05-20T18:32:27.857310Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: shell command gracefully exited code=0
2025-05-20T18:32:27.858100Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: supported auth mechanisms mechanisms=[Other(AuthMechanismOther(Atom("ATOKEN"))), Plain, Other(AuthMechanismOther(Atom("ATOKEN2"))), XOAuth2]
2025-05-20T18:32:27.858387Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=Other(AuthMechanismOther(Atom("ATOKEN")))
2025-05-20T18:32:27.858390Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=Plain
2025-05-20T18:32:29.461748Z  WARN client::build: email::imap: authentication failed mechanism=Plain err=ResolveTask(UnexpectedNoResponse(StatusBody { kind: No, code: Some(Other(CodeOther(b"AUTHENTICATIONFAILED"))), text: Text("Authentication Failed") }))
2025-05-20T18:32:29.461855Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=Other(AuthMechanismOther(Atom("ATOKEN2")))
2025-05-20T18:32:29.461871Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=XOAuth2
2025-05-20T18:32:29.461882Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying login…
Error:
   0: cannot build IMAP client
   1: cannot authenticate to IMAP server using LOGIN mechanism
   2: cannot resolve IMAP task
   3: unexpected NO response: Authentication Failed

Location:
   /Users/brew/Library/Caches/Homebrew/cargo_cache/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/pimalaya-tui-0.2.2/src/himalaya/backend.rs:745

Note: Run with --trace to enable verbose logs with backtrace.

I believe my account is confirgured as in the README:

[accounts.icloud]
default = false
email = "my.name@icloud.com"
display-name = "My name"
downloads-dir = "/Users/my_user/Downloads"
backend.type = "imap"
backend.host = "imap.mail.me.com"
backend.port = 993
backend.login = "my.name"
backend.encryption.type = "tls"
backend.auth.type = "password"
backend.auth.command = "pass show Email/my.name@icloud.com"
message.send.backend.type = "smtp"
message.send.backend.host = "smtp.mail.me.com"
message.send.backend.port = 587
message.send.backend.login = "my.name@icloud.com"
message.send.backend.encryption.type = "start-tls"
message.send.backend.auth.type = "password"
message.send.backend.auth.command = "pass show Email/my.name@icloud.com"

What am I doing wrong?

[soywod]

On the paper all looks good, so I'm no sure why iCloud does not let you authenticate properly. I recently acquired an old MacBook so I will be able to test properly Himalaya with iCloud. I will let you know.

[dpo]

Thank you. With GMail, I get

❯ himalaya message send -a gmail --debug                                                                                        21:59:31
2025-05-21T11:41:41.302646Z  INFO himalaya::email::message::command::send: executing send message command
2025-05-21T11:41:41.311295Z DEBUG email::imap: building 1 IMAP clients
2025-05-21T11:41:41.348073Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: No cached session for DnsName("imap.gmail.com")
2025-05-21T11:41:41.349074Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: Not resuming any session
2025-05-21T11:41:41.375353Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: Using ciphersuite TLS13_AES_256_GCM_SHA384
2025-05-21T11:41:41.375570Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::tls13: Not resuming
2025-05-21T11:41:41.376784Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::tls13: TLS1.3 encrypted extensions: []
2025-05-21T11:41:41.376794Z DEBUG client::build: rustls::client::hs: ALPN protocol is None
2025-05-21T11:41:41.458216Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: using password authentication
2025-05-21T11:41:41.458403Z  INFO client::build: process::command: run shell command cmd="pass show Email/my.name@gmail.com"
2025-05-21T11:41:41.458411Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: inherit stdin from parent
2025-05-21T11:41:41.458422Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: stdout piped
2025-05-21T11:41:41.458426Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: stderr piped
2025-05-21T11:41:42.240340Z DEBUG client::build: process::command: shell command gracefully exited code=0
2025-05-21T11:41:42.241358Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: supported auth mechanisms mechanisms=[XOAuth2, Plain, Other(AuthMechanismOther(Atom("PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN"))), OAuthBearer]
2025-05-21T11:41:42.243996Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=XOAuth2
2025-05-21T11:41:42.244003Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=Plain
2025-05-21T11:41:42.540987Z  WARN client::build: email::imap: authentication failed mechanism=Plain err=ResolveTask(UnexpectedNoResponse(StatusBody { kind: No, code: Some(Other(CodeOther(b"AUTHENTICATIONFAILED"))), text: Text("Invalid credentials (Failure)") }))
2025-05-21T11:41:42.541963Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=Other(AuthMechanismOther(Atom("PLAIN-CLIENTTOKEN")))
2025-05-21T11:41:42.541985Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying auth mechanism… mechanism=OAuthBearer
2025-05-21T11:41:42.542003Z DEBUG client::build: email::imap: trying login…
Error:
   0: cannot build IMAP client
   1: cannot authenticate to IMAP server using LOGIN mechanism
   2: cannot resolve IMAP task
   3: unexpected NO response: Invalid credentials (Failure)

Location:
   /Users/brew/Library/Caches/Homebrew/cargo_cache/registry/src/index.crates.io-6f17d22bba15001f/pimalaya-tui-0.2.2/src/himalaya/backend.rs:745

Note: Run with --trace to enable verbose logs with backtrace.

I went for the simple GMail configuration. I'm a bit surprised that it says "invalid credentials"... Here is my config:

[accounts.gmail]
default = false
email = "my.name@gmail.com"
display-name = "My name"
downloads-dir = "/Users/dpo/Downloads"
backend.type = "imap"
backend.host = "imap.gmail.com"
backend.port = 993
backend.login = "my.name@gmail.com"
backend.encryption.type = "tls"
backend.auth.type = "password"
backend.auth.command = "pass show Email/my.name@gmail.com"
message.send.backend.type = "smtp"
message.send.backend.host = "smtp.gmail.com"
message.send.backend.port = 465
message.send.backend.login = "my.name@gmail.com"
message.send.backend.encryption.type = "tls"
message.send.backend.auth.type = "password"
message.send.backend.auth.command = "pass show Email/my.name@gmail.com"

[soywod]

Be aware that with Gmail you cannot use your password directly, you need to generate one via https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833 (as stated in the README, FAQ section).

[dpo]

Ah, that appears to be working. Thank you!