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15 Jul 2017, 09:37 PM | #1 |
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App Passwords
My sister has her Fastmail account set up on her iphone and two ipads under the standard iphone mail app. I don't know if this is using mail.messagingengine.com or imap.fastmail.com as she is not here at the moment.
This is working perfectly but she has never set up an app password so why is this working? My reason for asking is that she has just upgraded from a free account to a paid account an I was therefore going to change her SMTP server from Gmail to Fastmail so that she has no problems emailing from abroad (Gmail is awkward about this). I am therefore unsure if I need to set up an app password yet if the old settings still work. If I do need to set up an app password for her, will I just need one (as the 3 devices are all using the same app) or will I need three? |
15 Jul 2017, 10:33 PM | #2 |
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I think app passwords are ultimately going to become compulsory for everyone. If making changes now anyway, you might as well bite the bullet and get it done. You need a separate password for each device. Part of the idea is that a password for one device cannot be used on another.
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15 Jul 2017, 11:34 PM | #3 |
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Thanks for the reply. I'll set this up when she calls later.
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16 Jul 2017, 05:19 AM | #4 | ||
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Using application passwords
I see some incorrect information posted in this thread. You should read Fastmail help to answer such questions about setting up new clients:
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17 Jul 2017, 12:49 AM | #5 |
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Thanks for the info, I have a clearer picture now. I did look at the Fastmail help pages but also wondered why it was working now as I had never set up an app password for her. When I originally set it up, the iOS devices just auto configured the servers but I had to change the outgoing servers as it was only a guest account. That's also why I didn't use the Fastmail app originally. She's used to the iOS mail app now. Anyway, she's now gone on holiday without me having made any changes to the SMTP server so no doubt she will wonder why she can't email when she has paid. I did explain to her but some people you just can't reach. I'll have to sort it when she gets back.
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19 Jul 2017, 12:39 AM | #6 | |
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Of course, as Bill points out, FastMail's own native mobile app doesn't use an app password, but uses your primary FastMail password. However, if you lose a device with the FastMail app installed, you can log that connection out from the Password & Security section of your FastMail settings on the web (just below the same place you would go to create or remove App Passwords). App Passwords also have the benefit that you can limit them to only work with specific services, so you can have a password that works with your third-party mail app without it also providing access to your calendar, contacts, or files, or you can have a password that only works with SMTP so you can use it in situations where you have an app or service that you only want to use for sending mail through your FastMail account. All of that said, however, there's absolutely nothing preventing you from generating a single App Password and using it across all of your devices and apps. You won't be able to go back and look up an App Password once you've created it and moved past the screen where it's displayed, but there's obviously nothing preventing you from writing it down or storing it in something like 1Password and then just re-using it. Again, this isn't recommended as it's less secure, but there's nothing preventing you from doing it. |
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4 Aug 2017, 12:40 PM | #7 |
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The native IPhone app (client) that comes with the Iphone 6 does not have a way to add an app password. Maybe 3rd party apps on the IPhone let you add an app password but I see no way to do this with the native app. The Fastmail instructions say to open Settings, Password & Security but when I go into the Settings menu for the IPhone there is no Password & Security screen to choose!
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4 Aug 2017, 12:57 PM | #8 |
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4 Aug 2017, 01:00 PM | #9 | |
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https://www.fastmail.com/help/clients/apppassword.html Bill |
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4 Aug 2017, 01:17 PM | #10 |
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I just figured that out but thanks. Maybe Fastmail support should mention in their instructions that the Settings menu is for the web interface and not the Settings menu on the phone.
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25 Jan 2018, 06:06 AM | #11 | ||
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Deprecation of "___.messagingengine.com" hosts
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Question: Are other hosts named "___.messagingengine.com" — such as the DNS servers at "ns1.messagingengine.com" and "ns2.messagingengine.com" — also being deprecated? Thanks, ~ Justin |
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28 Jan 2018, 10:55 AM | #12 |
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Fastmail made many security changes in July, 2016. See:
The nameservers are automatically found using a DNS search when another email system tries to send you a message, and at this time the nameservers for the fastmail.com domain (and I assume all Fastmail-owned email domains) are currently :
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29 Jan 2018, 12:25 PM | #13 |
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I thought I would try switching Thunderbird from mail.messagingengine.com to imap.fastmail.com and smtp.fastmail.com but after making the changes all subsequent connection attempts fail. I am not prompted for an app password and there is no obvious way of changing the password in Thunderbird (v52.5). What am I missing? In the meantime I'll stick with mail.messagingengine.com.
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30 Jan 2018, 03:20 AM | #14 |
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You may need to remove the old password first.
Tools -> Options -> Security-> Passwords -> View Saved Passwords then selecting the password and then pressing the Remove button. (http://kb.mozillazine.org/Setting_an...mail_passwords) or Click the TB Menu button (3 horiz.bars), then Options/Options/Security/Passwords/Saved Passwords, Show Passwords, right-click the account incoming and outgoing entries, Edit Password, enter the new password, OK to close Options, restart TB. (https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1176322) |