Problem while setting Mail Client to Protonmail via Hydroxide bridge

GiT · 25 July 2024 01:00

Greetings folks!
I’m having some troubles while pairing the Mail client to my paid ProtonMail Account via Hydroxide.
I’ve managed to compile the thing on my PC,

cd hydroxide/cmd/hydroxide
GOOS=linux GOARCH=arm go build

transferred it to my XA2, and then start the newly created systemd service.
So far so good - I even managed to get myself authenticated via the CLI.
Still after setting up manually the Mail client with the settings needed (server addr: localhost and then ports 1025 (smtp) and 1143 (imap)), I’m getting connection timeout.

Any suggestions on how to debug?

edit: I’m using the password provided by the hydroxide bridge.

kan_ibal · 25 July 2024 02:12

You can start with

systemctl status xydroxideservice
and
ss -l4p
to check if proper hydroxide services are running at localhost ports.

GiT · 25 July 2024 03:04

Service is already running:

hydroxide.service - Hydroxide ProtonMail bridge
Loaded: loaded (/etc/systemd/system/hydroxide.ser>
Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-07-25 05:>
Main PID: 14557 (hydroxide)
Memory: 7.5M
CGroup: /system.slice/hydroxide.service
└─14557 /usr/bin/hydroxide serve

Still I’ve used the K9-Android Email client just for debug and I get the following error:

Running the ss -l4p, I get the following:

Netid State  Recv-Q Send-Q   Local Address:Port
Peer Address:Port         Process
udp   UNCONN 0      0              0.0.0.0:45305
0.0.0.0:*
udp   UNCONN 0      0            127.0.0.1:domain
0.0.0.0:*
tcp   LISTEN 0      128          127.0.0.1:webcache
0.0.0.0:*
tcp   LISTEN 0      10        127.0.0.1%lo:domain
0.0.0.0:*
tcp   LISTEN 0      128          127.0.0.1:imyx
0.0.0.0:*
tcp   LISTEN 0      128          127.0.0.1:blackjack
0.0.0.0:*

GiT · 25 July 2024 05:28

Ok, I’ve redone the conf and now I do have ProtonMail access via K9 and Hydroxide.

ss -l4p
Netid State  Recv-Q Send-Q   Local Address:Port
Peer Address:Port
Process
udp   UNCONN 0      0            127.0.0.1:domain
0.0.0.0:*

udp   UNCONN 0      0              0.0.0.0:39473
0.0.0.0:*

tcp   LISTEN 0      128          127.0.0.1:webcache
0.0.0.0:*
users:(("hydroxide",pid=17684,fd=8))
tcp   LISTEN 0      10        127.0.0.1%lo:domain
0.0.0.0:*

tcp   LISTEN 0      128          127.0.0.1:imyx
0.0.0.0:*
[defaultuser@XperiaXA2 ~]$

while my service seems to work fine now:

systemctl --user status hy
droxide
● hydroxide.service - Hydroxide ProtonMail bridge
Loaded: loaded (/home/defaultuser/.config/systemd>
Active: active (running) since Thu 2024-07-25 08:>
Main PID: 17684 (hydroxide)
CGroup: /user.slice/user-100000.slice/user@100000>
└─17684 /home/defaultuser/bin/hydroxide s>
lines 1-6/6 (END)

Still - with the Sailfish mail Client I do get Connection Timeout.

GiT · 25 July 2024 14:03

Ok, I’ve saved the config and uninstalled the K-9, created new credentials and made use of the hydroxide -debug option, where I do find the following errors:

Once I do have more time I’ll upload a screen after successful setup via the K-9.
btw.
What do you think - is this a Sailfish OS related issue?
Should I report a bug?

nephros · 25 July 2024 14:42

The error message is quite clear and correct. There is a linebreak in the ‘password’ string which is not allowed in IMAP.
Also I don’t think the string should be quoted, but I’m not sure.

Which component creates that string? Is it a copy-paste error?

nephros · 25 July 2024 14:50

… Also the capabilities line only advertizes AUTH PLAIN and this is trying IMAP LOGIN which are different things.

See these on how to do IMAP auth correctly:

kan_ibal · 25 July 2024 21:04

I have just checked and hydroxide works without issue with Sailfish mail client. I suspect copy/paste issue as well, especially if you are using pc with Windows to transfers bridge password.
I advise to use txt file directly on the phone:
hydroxide auth $USER > credentials.txt

GiT · 26 July 2024 06:33

All right - it was indeed a paste error.
I got it up and running now.

Thank U ppl!