Email from Microsoft titled "Action Needed – You may lose access to some of your third-party mail and calendar apps" Is this a scam?

Anonymous
2024-06-29T22:09:47+00:00

The sender is "******@communication.microsoft.com"

Its telling us that "Microsoft will no longer support the use of third-party email and calendar apps which ask you to sign in with only your Microsoft Account username and password. To keep you safe you will need to use a mail or calendar app which supports Microsoft’s modern authentication methods."

I access hotmail email accounts from a MacbookAir laptop using the Apple email app. Also access from an iPhone 11.

It seems legit. Can anyone confirm if it is?

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-07-03T23:13:49+00:00

    what about those of us who are using older microsoft products such as Microsoft Office Outlook 2007? are we going to be forced into buying a new version of the software so that microsoft can stick it to us for more money? will there be a plugin, update, or some other solution available, or is microsoft going to just piss us off yet again?

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-03T23:02:10+00:00

    Thank you!

    I appreciate it.

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  3. Ron-6928 4,991 Reputation points
    2024-07-03T22:27:58+00:00

    Mailbox access using a browser is not affected.

    iOS mail app may or may not be affected depending on how it is configured.

    This article walks you thru fixing iOS mail problem IF you experience it:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/modern-authentication-methods-now-needed-to-continue-syncing-outlook-email-in-non-microsoft-email-apps-c5d65390-9676-4763-b41f-d7986499a90d#:~:text=Modern%20Authentication%20Methods%20now%20needed%20to%20continue%20syncing,5%20If%20you%20use%20Mozilla%20Thunderbird%3A%20More%20items

    If you use Apple Mail:

    Apple Mail supports Modern Authentication by default when you setup the account as Outlook.com. If you use Apple Mail and you are seeing password prompts or connection errors, this is most likely happening because your account got configured as basic authentication. To mitigate the issue, remove the account and add it back as Outlook.com:

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-03T21:50:57+00:00

    I'm confused.

    I access my hotmail accounts both directly online through the outlook website (when using my laptop) AND through the mail app on my iphone.

    Will I no longer be able to access my accounts online through the website? Or does this just affect the accounts on my apple mail app?

    In both scenarios, can somebody walk me through - step by step - what I'm supposed to do to fix this?

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