
What clients support two-factor authentication and modern authentication? UAB IT will disable basic authentication including IMAP, POP, ActiveSync, and several other “basic” authentication protocols to better secure access to email. Are you forwarding your email to your personal address and replying to or sending emails using Office 365?.Did you set up mail on your phone several years ago?.Are you using any other IMAP or POP client to check email?.Are you using Thunderbird or Outlook 2013/2010/2007 to read your email?.

This change affects you if you can answer “yes” to any of these questions: Microsoft will be fully disabling basic authentication for Office 365 email accounts later in 2021. UAB IT is not making changes to existing email client setups. On March 5, 2021, UAB IT will disable basic authentication to Office 365 and require modern authentication, which is capable of two-factor authentication and would allow users to log in with Duo, providing more protection for their accounts and data. Your mailbox will be retained for 1 year after leaving UAB, but you can add in a forwarding address to have your emails forwarded to another account you can access. Learn More Keeping a Blazer4Life! Which means you can keep your email address forever. You can access this powerful suite of programs easily online or download to your devices. UAB provides email for students, faculty and staff through Office 365, which means you get access to not only email but calendaring, contact management, task management functions and the Microsoft Office suite of applications, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint, all by using your BlazerID and password. 19 regarding disabling basic authentication and how that will potentially affect your email capabilities in the future. More information is forthcoming about an email sent Feb.
