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30 Aug 2016, 11:41 AM | #256 | |
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After 31-Aug, they are of no use anyway - they won't work. |
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30 Aug 2016, 11:50 AM | #257 |
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30 Aug 2016, 11:53 AM | #258 |
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30 Aug 2016, 11:59 AM | #259 |
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31 August is the official end date. Some alt logins are going to keep working after that date, but we're going to be pretty aggressive about closing down unused ones and emailing people to remind them. 31 September is the absolute last day.
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30 Aug 2016, 01:57 PM | #261 | |
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30 Aug 2016, 02:08 PM | #262 |
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I think, this is very relevant, since the post you are replying to talks about FastMail disabling alternative logins... but I digress...
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31 Aug 2016, 07:02 AM | #263 |
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Am I correct that there is no need (and in fact is undesirable!) to keep a copy of the App Password that was used with a given imap client? If for any reason the account needs to be reestablished, I presume one just goes in to the web interface, kills the old App Password and then generates another.
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31 Aug 2016, 07:07 AM | #264 | |
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...but I am doing it a slightly different way, as I am using different clients for different things (mail, calendar, contacts), I have made a "device specific password" so using the same app specific password for all clients on that one device. If I lose the device, removing that one password stops all clients on the device, ...but because of this, I am keeping the password in 1Password in case I change clients (as I do not want to have to change the password in all clients for the sake of changing one). |
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1 Sep 2016, 05:47 PM | #265 |
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Warning Message 2FA setting change
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I went through my three devices and changed the fastmail email setting to the new ones last night. But today I've received the following email headed: You have just logged into our SMTP service with an alternative login. I checked the device again this morning and can't see anything wrong. Is there away of finding out what client is causing this error message? gratefully yours, John Denison |
1 Sep 2016, 05:53 PM | #266 | |
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Scroll to the bottom of the page and there is a link called "alternative logins". If you have completely switched across to both imap.fastmail.com and smtp.fastmail.com, you should delete these alternative passwords and ionly use the app-specific password for both IMAP and SMTP. |
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I was about to raise a ticket because as far as I know, I've changed all my logins to either 2FA or App specific passwords. Also, in my case the message said Quote:
I'll investigate a bit further before raising a ticket. |
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1 Sep 2016, 05:56 PM | #268 |
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did you also change your SMTP (outgoing mail) to smtp.fastmail.com on port 465 (with SSL) and the new app-specific password?
did you also delete your alternative logins (assuming you have switched across for all devices)? [edit: 2nd question added] |
1 Sep 2016, 06:05 PM | #269 | |
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2) DELETION - I had not done so, but just having them there, ie their mere existence, should not have caused them to be used when I had already shifted to 2FA and App specific passwords. After I rec'd the message I did go and delete the Alt p/w's in the hope of catching where it might have been used - by seeing a failure. So far nothing. |
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1 Sep 2016, 06:20 PM | #270 | |
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2) You are right, their existence would not have caused the issue, but I was trying to help you tidy up a) however, your error is an SMTP error, so can you check that all your other (non scanning) devices have had their SMTP details removed? ...you will not be able to send emails from these devices. b) can you confirm that your scanning device can send emails OK (so we know the app-specific password is OK etc)? J. [edit: (2b) added] |
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