Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Ed Cryer Newsgroups: comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: Hotmail account Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 10:14:01 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 11:14:36 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="9a942da5af265b8b0864b3f2d63f074d"; logging-data="837519"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18BC6lHBxSj8lRbMPuX7AQG" User-Agent: Betterbird (Windows) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/5c9sWofGuCVdR3SA+mWZnHn1hM= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2387 Jolly Roger wrote: > On 2024-09-12, Ed Cryer wrote: >> Jolly Roger wrote: >>> On 2024-09-12, Ed Cryer 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: >>> >>> >>> >> >> 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. Ed