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Is it possible to read the inbox of a user provided he/she gets authenticated via google oauth api?

vinothini
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Apparently Yes (from here) :

Gmail supports the standard IMAP and SMTP protocols for accessing and sending e-mail messages. The Gmail IMAP and SMTP servers have been extended to support authorization via the industry-standard OAuth protocol.

Nasreddine
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  • @huanson Google provides samples [here](http://code.google.com/apis/gmail/oauth/code.html) for Java, Python and PHP. The documentation detailing the protocol is available [here](http://code.google.com/apis/gmail/oauth/protocol.html). You can also use the [gmail_xoauth](https://github.com/nfo/gmail_xoauth) gem. – Nasreddine Dec 02 '11 at 14:00