Re: [MlMt] iCloud accounts require an app specific password starting June 15th

2017-06-14 Thread Philip Paeps
On 2017-06-15 00:46:17 (+0200), Bob Stern wrote: FYI, a counter-intuitive aspect of app-specific passwords is that they need not be specific to a single application. Although Apple can issue up to 25 different app-specific passwords for a given iCloud account, the account owner can elect to u

Re: [MlMt] iCloud accounts require an app specific password starting June 15th

2017-06-14 Thread Bob Stern
FYI, a counter-intuitive aspect of app-specific passwords is that they need not be specific to a single application. Although Apple can issue up to 25 different app-specific passwords for a given iCloud account, the account owner can elect to use a single app-specific password for multiple appl

Re: [MlMt] iCloud accounts require an app specific password starting June 15th

2017-06-14 Thread Robert Brenstein
I just got the following today: This is a reminder that beginning on June 15, app-specific passwords will be required to access your iCloud data using third‑party apps such as Microsoft Outlook, Mozilla Thunderbird, or other mail, contacts, and calendar services not provided by Apple. If you