[MlMt] iCloud accounts require an app specific password starting June 15th

[Brian LaFreda]

Just FYI…

MailMate does work with Apple’s app specific passwords, just don’t 
use the FQDN’d email address for username. Truncate the 
@me/mac/icloud.com and you’re good to go.

On 16 May 2017, at 8:02, Benny Kjær Nielsen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Apple has announced (by email) that iCloud email accounts are going to 
> require the use of an app specific password. If you have an iCloud 
> email account then you might want to look into this before June 15th. 
> The email is described 
> [here](https://www.macrumors.com/2017/05/16/third-party-apps-passwords-icloud-access/).
>
> How to do this is described by Apple 
> [here](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204397).
>
> For the record, there is currently no API available to MailMate to 
> avoid this additional step. This is only available to applications 
> created by Apple including Apple Mail.
>
> -- 
> Benny
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