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From: Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad
Subject: Re: Hotmail account
Date: 13 Sep 2024 16:18:37 GMT
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On 2024-09-13, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
> Jolly Roger wrote:
>> On 2024-09-12, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>>> Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2024-09-12, Ed Cryer <ed@somewhere.in.the.uk> wrote:
>>>>> I use iOS 16.7.10 Mail app with a Microsoft Hotmail account. MS
>>>>> insist on "modern authentication methods" and keep telling me that
>>>>> my account won't be accessible after September 16th with just user
>>>>> name and password. I have to get an app with "modern authentication
>>>>> methods"!  What the devil are those? And will Mail app have them?
>>>>
>>>> You could try following Microsoft's instructions:
>>>>
>>>> <https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/modern-authentication-methods-now-needed-to-continue-syncing-outlook-email-in-non-microsoft-email-apps-c5d65390-9676-4763-b41f-d7986499a90d>
>>>
>>> It's all a question of using OAuth2 authentication.  I hope iOS Mail
>>> will incorporate this.
>>>
>>> Thunderbird under Windows does. I won't have to delete the account and
>>> reset it up there. I just change to OAuth2. A good guide for Apple to
>>> follow.
>> 
>> You didn't scroll down far enough. There are instructions for Apple Mail
>> on that same page.
>
> You didn't read my post properly.
> I don't have to delete the account with Thunderbird, but I do with Apple 
> Mail, at least according to that website.

You're acting like deleting and recreating the account is a big hassle
when it isn't. Sure, it'd be nice to just toggle a switch, but doing it
the way Microsoft recommends isn't some horribly laborious task either.

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