[MlMt] 2nd IT&IP Service Notice: Campus Email Protocols IMAP/SMTP/POP Disabled - 2/1

[Antonio Leding]

This may be the wrong forum for my question but I’m feeling 
adventurous…so here goes…

Is there any technical reason, such as infosec, to remove IMAP\SMTP from 
one’s network?  I am by no means an IMAP\SMTP guru but I have used 
them at various levels for the better part of 15+ years and my 
experience has been that when used properly, both protocols are 
perfectly secure.

I’m sure there some things I’m not seeing here so gurus-at-large, 
have at it and educate me…

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On 4 Feb 2021, at 7:25, Robert Brenstein wrote:

> On 4 Feb 2021, at 10:47, Charlie Clark wrote:
>
>> On 4 Feb 2021, at 5:48, Harvey S. Leff wrote:
>>
>>> MailMate aficionados,
>>> I received the message below saying that my university’s email 
>>> services would no longer use IMAP.
>>
>> This really is quite worrying given that certificate-based e-mail has 
>> been possible for years, if not decades. What the world doesn't need 
>> is more proprietary, locked in systems where vendors get to choose 
>> what is and is not suitable…
>>
>> Charlie
>
> What the message from OP’s university says is that they are 
> disabling IMAP and SMTP protocols on their Office 365 service. That is 
> an optional access to Office 365, which itself has always been 
> proprietary, Charlie. If there is enough people at the university that 
> do not have mail clients that work natively with Office 365, there 
> might be enough complaints that the service is restored. This is up 
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