Re: [Davmail-users] 2 Factor Authentication

[Geert S. <sta...@st...>]

On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 02:28:34PM -0700, Scott Smith wrote:
> On Mon, 7 Aug 2017 21:53:05 +0200 Geert Stappers wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 07, 2017 at 10:25:24AM -0700, Scott Smith wrote:
> > > 
> > > I have been using DavMail to access our company's Exchange Server
> > > successfully for many months.  A week ago, the company implemented
> > > 2 factor authentication using my username, password and a 6 digit
> > > security token which changes every month.
> > > Is there a way to configure DavMail and/or my e-mail client to be able
> > > to send and receive e-mail with this kind of server setup?
> > 
> > I think that is a complete new challenge.
> > 
> > 
> 
> I am sure this will be a challenge, but one worth pursuing.

Then pursuit ...


> Right now, in our company ... if we can't use DavMail to give Mac Mail,
> Thunderbird, Claws Mail, and other clients access to the server, we are
> left to either a Webmail interface or Outlook.  For those of us using
> Linux, Outllook is not an option (nor would I use it even if it were).
> I am sure other companies will be enabling the 2 factor authentication
> on their Exchange servers as well in the coming months and years,
> making this a potentially needed feature.
> 
> I have seen documentation about passing a username and a userid to
> the server through syntax such as:
> 
> 	username | userid
> 
> Perhaps a similar thing could be done with password | securitytoken.
> I expect the greatest challenge is simply getting details about how the
> Exchange Server handles 2 factor authentication in its implementation of
> pop3, imap and smtp.  Should this feature become a development target,
> I (and many others) would be ever so grateful.
 

telnet 0 1110
USER emailaddres
PASS password6digit
STAT
QUIT



Groeten
Geert Stappers
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