[Users] [Bug 4626] New: Implement Multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Claws Mail or a Plugin

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https://www.thewildbeast.co.uk/claws-mail/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4626

            Bug ID: 4626
           Summary: Implement Multi-factor authentication (MFA) in Claws
                    Mail or a Plugin
           Product: Claws Mail
           Version: GIT
          Hardware: PC
                OS: Windows 10
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: Other
          Assignee: users at lists.claws-mail.org
          Reporter: svetlana.tkachenko at fastmail.com

Hi,

I got email from my employer that says the following:

> "Legacy authentication typically describes a method of accessing an application using basic authentication, with only a username and password. This method of accessing an application doesn’t support the use of Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), allowing a potential attacker to compromise an account using only a username and password."
> 
> "With the enhanced security and capabilities, ‘Modern Authentication’ has been developed as the successor to ‘Legacy Authentication’ and the enhanced  capabilities of Modern Authentication help mitigate password guessing attacks and enables other security controls like multi-factor authentication, that help protect the University against email phishing. If your email application doesn’t support modern authentication, you will be unable to connect to Office 365 applications"

Currently I am using Claws Mail 3.17.4 on Windows 10, and I think it is the
program that the employer says is not compatible with the new authentication.

Could you please put a note whether Claws supports MFA in some way, and if it
doesn't, then what would be the best approach for a programmer to get started
with implementing it.

Many thanks.

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