I received an email stating Update your sign-in technology before September 16th, 2024 to maintain email access. Is this legit or a scam?

As Keith Jone_770 said on P10, the truth will be out on Monday 16 Sept.

Well, just sent and received emails using my POP Hotmail account using Classic Outlook. I had been told on this thread that I would not be able to log in to my account from today.

My big choice, if this is brought in, is, do I ditch Outlook if I can no longer use my POP account (which allows me to look at emails whilst offline)? Whilst abroad earlier this year I could not start any online sourced email programs without being online, so I could not access stored documents. Webmail Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail all needed me to connect to their accounts online before their apps, or webpages would start.

I could go back to Thunderbird which must be much better than it was 10 years ago; back then you could import emails into Thunderbird but there was no way to export them to another email client.

I only subscribe to microsoft 365 because it has Outlook, and in a format that I want. The rest of Office I can get elsewhere & I can survive without the large storage facility of OneDrive.

Microsoft will probably be happy enough without my £59.99 each year!

The full blow-by-blow is listed in this Support article:

Modern Authentication Methods now needed to continue syncing Outlook Email in non-Microsoft email apps - Microsoft Support

John:

• Lose access to their email completely?

No, Web browsers will continue to work.

• Be forced to migrate to a different email provider?

No, same as above

• What steps should they take to avoid any disruption to their email access?

Any necessary changes are listed here:

Modern Authentication Methods now needed to continue syncing Outlook Email in non-Microsoft email apps - Microsoft Support

Paul, does adding a checkmark to Remember my Credentials do anything?

Keith Jones_770

Earlier in this thread I have been told that I am not exempted and will have to move to an Exchange Server. Benefit is that my Contacts will be synced across all my devices (something that I have not yet achieved!). Downside is that the Deleted folder does delete your emails quickly.

With my POP folders I can manually delete items in my Deleted Folder. This means that I can go over old emails if a question about them comes up. Also, when I purchase something I can move the pertinent folder to "Deleted" when the item is delivered, and then manually delete the email once it has been checked against my credit card statement.

I used IMAP for 6 months and had to create an Archive folder as a mid-way house before deletion inside the Deleted Folder. Will probably have to do the same thing come Monday 16th.

I take your point about passwords and security. My bank requires me to have a username, password, 4 digit code number, memorable phrase before I get online on my PC; it has now added 3rd party authorisation where it send me a further number by email or text, for me to type in! Trying to force me to use my mobile for everything, but I prefer my large PC display.