If you use Thunderbird as a client for Microsoft-owned accounts and have sign-in issues, especially recently, be sure to check our newly updated KB article on the topic. support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/m…

We'll be keeping a close eye on these issues, and thanks to everyone who has both let us know about their problems and jumped in to help others. 😊 💙

#Thunderbird #Outlook #OAuth2

Quick FYI 🏁 🏎️

Prior to #GoDaddy killing my #POP #Email client access on June 2 as part of #Microsoft's mandate to force users onto its #Exchange protocol, I switched from #Outlook 2016 to #Thunderbird 114 Beta (which still connects w/ #POP3 + #OAuth2 - unsure if it's a glitch, but it works)

Thunderbird 114 Beta Portable (it's the version I'm using)
portableapps.com/apps/internet…

Since Thunderbird team is moving towards its new #Supernova #UI for Thunderbird 115, there's a mixture of old & new menus

At work, we recently migrated to MS 365 for part of our email management and I discovered a tiny useful piece of software that simplifies for me the OAUTH2 based idiosyncratic system of Outlook and its friends.

A proxy now allows me to still use mutt, fetchmail, msmtp and exim to read and write emails.

github.com/simonrob/email-oaut…

#oauth2 #outlook #proxy

GitHub - simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy: An IMAP/POP/SMTP proxy that transparently adds OAuth 2.0 authentication for email clients that don't support this method.

An IMAP/POP/SMTP proxy that transparently adds OAuth 2.0 authentication for email clients that don't support this method. - GitHub - simonrob/email-oauth2-proxy: An IMAP/POP/SMTP proxy that tra...

^GitHub

PSA: Today Thunderbird 102.7.0 releases with a crucial change to how we handle #OAuth2 authorization with #Microsoft accounts. This may involve extra work for users currently using Microsoft-hosted accounts through their employer or educational institution.

READ MORE: blog.thunderbird.net/2023/01/i…

#Enterprise #Outlook #Exchange

Important: Thunderbird 102.7.0 And Microsoft Office 365 Enterprise Users

In Thunderbird 102.7.0, there are changes to the way we handle OAuth2 authorization with Microsoft accounts. This may involve some extra work for users currently using Microsoft-hosted accounts through their employer or educational institution.

^{Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)}

@ErcanErdemArdal

> Facebook, Mattermost, Signal, Skype, Steam, Telegram, and Whatsapp

Out of curiosity, how many of those do #OAUTH2, API tokens or similar? I don't use any of those services & don't even know what steam is.

@ErcanErdemArdal

That said, perhaps the real issue is with services that don't support authorisation grants (e.g., #OAuth2). It's more acceptable to store a limited grant on someone else's component than to share your actual login details with them.

Not perfect, mind, just better.