[MlMt] MailMate does not import iCloud Account

Fabian Bolte fbolte at me.com
Fri Nov 15 05:14:17 EST 2013



On 15 Nov 2013, at 10:57, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> On 15 Nov 2013, at 10:46, F Bolte wrote:
>
>> A0 NO [AUTHENTICATIONFAILED] Authentication failed”. Command 
>> attempted: “A0 AUTHENTICATE PLAIN 
>> •••••••••••"
>
> I've seen other users report that it can be fixed by only using the 
> username to login instead of the email address, i.e., `user` instead 
> of `user at example.com` as the “Username” setting of the account.
>
> If this is correct then it means Apple's documentation is wrong (at 
> least for some email addresses).
>

This seems to be the case. Using only the username worked for me, too.


>> This Apple support document[1] suggests to use TLS in case of SSL 
>> problems, but I don't see any option for it.
>
> MailMate takes care of that and just calls everything SSL (although 
> not strictly correct). I should probably just rename it to “Secure 
> Connection” or something like that. If you want all the confusing 
> details then read this well-informed 
> [description](http://luxsci.com/blog/ssl-versus-tls-whats-the-difference.html).

Nevermind, maybe later.
Thank you for the blazing fast answer. (Time for me to head over to 
indiegogo.)


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