[Users] Compatibility with Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync Protocol?

[Jerry]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:26:43 -0500, Dustin Miller stated:
>Does anyone know if the latest stable release of Claws or latest
>development versions of the GTK2 or GTK3 branches has built-in support
>for Microsoft's Exchange ActiveSync protocol for sending and receiving
>emails?
>
>(I'm running Claws 3.17.8 on Linux Mint 20 XFCE.)
>
>If Claws doesn't have built-in support for this, does anyone know of
>one or more plugins, tools, third-party apps, or similar solutions that
>could be used in conjunction with Claws to provide this support? (I've
>seen some pretty old comments online mentioning davmail, SyncEvolution,
>and automx, but not sure yet whether these are viable options and/or if
>there are better options.)
>
>I have some email accounts that are hosted on Microsoft's servers and
>I've been informed that POP and IMAP support will be discontinued for
>these this coming April, with only Exchange ActiveSync being supported.
>I'm hoping I can find a way to still use Claws for these accounts,
>since the only other option I'm aware of is the webmail interface,
>which is less than ideal.
>
>Thanks in advance for any possible solutions or ideas of where to
>direct my research efforts.
>
>Dustin

Are these the notifications you are referring to?

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/blogs/end-of-support-for-basic-authentication-access-to-exchange-online-apis-for-office-365-customers/

https://developer.microsoft.com/en-us/office/blogs/deferred-end-of-support-date-for-basic-authentication-in-exchange-online/

-- 
Jerry
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