Hello Sieghard, As strange as it may sound, it is possible to have a gMail address serve as an Apple ID and in so doing, access Apple servers, instead of gMail servers, even with a gMail email address.
I have seen this, in fact. Generally it is not recommended as it causes far more problems than it resolves. The only reason this kind of thing can occur is because Apple was slow in determining the protocols for its Apple IDs, some years back and some of these accounts slipped through the proverbial cracks. However, in Matthews situation, I suspect that the email account to which he is referring is not the same one by which he participates in this forum. Just a guess. Mark From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sieghard Weitzel Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 9:24 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devicesand Accounts Hi Matthew, Can you be more specific? You seem to be using gmail. Are you using it via the POP or the IMAP protocol? Whether you turn on two-factor authentication for your Apple Id should have no connection to your gmail account which is why I am not sure where the two interact. I use Outlook.com for my email and I have turned on two-factor authentication for my Microsoft account. Because of this I have to use what is referred to as "app specific passwords" when I set up my email account in the Outlook desktop client or on my iPhone using the mail app. I get these app specific passwords by logging into my Microsoft account and somewhere in the security settings there is an option to generate these, if I want to set up Outlook on two computers and also set up my account on my iPhone I have to generate 3 separate passwords and use a different one for each configuration. I assume maybe if you enable two-factor authentication for your gmail account you may have to do the same by logging into your Google account, but I'm not sure, I do know that when I log into my Apple Id there is an option to generate app specific passwords, but I have not run into a situation when I needed one. Regards, Sieghard From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of matthew dyer Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2017 7:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devicesand Accounts Mark, I am using mail for windows ten but I keep getting a message that my icloud settings are out of date. Do I need to have a spasific password for the mail app as I could not get things work after playing with it. HTH. Matthew Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: M. Taylor Sent: Saturday, April 1, 2017 3:10 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Apple Two-Factor Authentication Finally Enabled on all of my Devicesand Accounts Hello All, Well, I cannot say that it was easy, given that I have multiple Apple accounts on a wide variety of devices including Windows 10, Windows 7, Windows 8, Mac, iOS, etc and also that I access my various email accounts from legacy Windows based clients but, after updating all components, including the latest versions of the iCloud Control Panel for Windows, and, after resurrecting a couple of old iPhones and Macs from the grave to serve as on the fly trusted devices, all of my products are now protected via Two-Factor authentication. I dare say that most will not find the upgrade to two-factor as arduous as I so, I do recommend upgrading if you have both the time and patience to learn the entire process. To those of you who only have one device? I say go for it as you will be prompted for a telephone number that can always provide the on the fly code you will need to login to new Apple devices or any web browsers. The best thing is that once you select to trust the device or web browser, you will not be prompted for the security code again, unless you choose to be prompted. I have spent the past two days really putting two-factor authentication on all of my devices and products to the test and I must say that it performs as beautifully as Apple claims, including when it is necessary to generate an application-specific password for non-apple legacy clients such as older versions of Outlook or Thunderbird. Keep in mind that this is something that you do not want to rush through. Take your time and read all of the information that is displayed during the upgrade process as it will help you a great deal. One more thing, I strongly suggest that before you decide to upgrade to two-factor, that you login to http://appleid.apple.com and familiarize yourself with the site because after upgrading to two-factor for longer than 30 days, the only way you will be able to turn it off is by logging into that site with a verification code from either a trusted device/phone number. Good Luck to you all and I'll see you on the other side of the security wall (smile). Mark -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: [email protected]. 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