The IMAP quote is garbage from a Microsoft IT person. The 2FA is Okta based. Which is a single signon service which can enable 2FA of IT wants. But he's right that IMAP doesn't have a standard way of supporting those services. Then again, I'm not sure how many companies (Microsoft, Apple, Google, Okta) are using standards.
-- Kee Hinckley From: Paul Sture <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Reply: MailMate Users <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Date: August 17, 2017 at 12:57:59 PM To: MailMate Users <[email protected]> <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MlMt] MailMate and DavMail On 17 Aug 2017, at 16:19, Kee Hinckley wrote: > > I've been told that IMAP is a dying protocol being phased out for lack > of > security updates. > > > Evidence? It's the first I've heard of that (though I don't get out as > much as I used to). > > > Needless to say, those of us who don't use Outlook are fighting this > tooth > and nail. But security has committed to an "everything uses 2FA" and > "Microsoft cloud" policy. > > > What sort of 2FA? > > "NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over" > > > https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/25/nist-declares-the-age-of-sms-based-2-factor-authentication-over/ > > _______________________________________________ > mailmate mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate >
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