[Alpine-info] [OT] To read IMAP from O365 you need to be a Microsoft Partner and have an Azure account and...

[Carlos E. R.]

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Hi,

I just read this, and thought it might be of interest. The piece is in 
Spanish, so I use DeepL to translate the summary:

<https://www.meneame.net/story/bueno-pues-peor-pensaba-leer-imap-o365-necesitas-ser-microsoft-5>

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Well, worse than I thought. To read IMAP from O365 you need to be a 
Microsoft Partner and have an Azure account and activate MFA in your Azure 
AD user. And having MFA in AD is Premium: 5,10 € / month.

ThePunisherr by ThePunisherr at threadreaderapp.com sent: 21/12 21:42

I mean Microsoft charges just for reading mail from their servers. So 
what's 5.10 euros a month? I pay twice as much for Disney+. It's not about 
money, it's about Microsoft charging you to visit their farmhouse. And if 
you want to make an email client that reads O365 you have to pay.... 
Microsoft! That's killing the Internet and its philosophy. Depressing.☹️ 
It's frustrating when the problems aren't technical, but obscure schemes 
of monopolistic multinationals that trick you into subscribing to services 
you don't really want or need.


| tags: microsoft , imap , office 365 , azure , pay-per-month , pay per month

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The summary links to this tuiter thread, expanded:

<https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1605633463616278528.html>

You can use Google Translate to translate it. If I translate using DeepL, 
the figures and format are lost.

And the summary site has a some comments, also in Spanish.

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Cheers,
        Carlos E. R.
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