<html><head></head><body>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.<br> <br><div class="bloop_sign"><div>-- <br>Kee Hinckley</div></div> <div class="gmail_quote" style="color:black"><br>From: <span style="color:black">Paul Sture</span> <a href="mailto:mailmt@chingola.ch"><mailmt@chingola.ch></a><br>Reply: <span style="color:black">MailMate Users</span> <a href="mailto:mailmate@lists.freron.com"><mailmate@lists.freron.com></a><br>Date: <span style="color:black">August 17, 2017 at 12:57:59 PM</span><br>To: <span style="color:black">MailMate Users</span> <a href="mailto:mailmate@lists.freron.com"><mailmate@lists.freron.com></a><br>Subject: <span style="color:black"> Re: [MlMt] MailMate and DavMail <br></span></div><br> <blockquote type="cite" class="gmail_quote"><span><div><div></div><div>On 17 Aug 2017, at 16:19, Kee Hinckley wrote:<br><br><blockquote type="cite">I've been told that IMAP is a dying protocol being phased out for lack <br>of<br>security updates.<br></blockquote><br>Evidence? It's the first I've heard of that (though I don't get out as<br>much as I used to).<br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Needless to say, those of us who don't use Outlook are fighting this <br>tooth<br>and nail. But security has committed to an "everything uses 2FA" and<br>"Microsoft cloud" policy.<br></blockquote><br>What sort of 2FA?<br><br>"NIST declares the age of SMS-based 2-factor authentication over"<br><br><a href="https://techcrunch.com/2016/07/25/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/</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>mailmate mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mailmate@lists.freron.com">mailmate@lists.freron.com</a><br><a href="https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate">https://lists.freron.com/listinfo/mailmate</a><br></div></div></span></blockquote></body></html>