Icloud and Windows 10 email - two factor authorization? App Specific Password?

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Lukcresdera Author

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Icloud and Windows 10 email - two factor authorization? App Specific Password?

Windows 10 PC and Windows 10 Email application.

We are unable to get iCloud email account to fetch email.

The windows 10 email application is just spinning its wheels.

We are not presently using 2 factor authorization so there is no way to generate an app specific password it seems.

The MS website is pathetic in explaining getting iCloud email to work.

The Windows 10 email app does not even allow one to see the server settings - they may be wrong.

Question: Does anyone know if the windows 10 email app requires two factor authorization or is it only an app specific password that is needed?

That might answer my own question but can someone please explain.

A google search shows many do not have a good understanding of what is going on.

Thank you.

Posted on Jun 4, 2019 7:29 PM

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Lukcresdera Author

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Jun 4, 2019 7:39 PM in response to Lukcresdera

Alan A. seems to provided the answer to another user-

It seems that you have to have "iCloud for Windows" software loaded onto your windows computer to avoid using 2 factor authorization:

"

Download iCloud for Windows.
Sign in to iCloud for Windows with your Apple ID. If you don't use iCloud for Windows, set up two-factor authentication and sign in to Outlook with your Apple ID user name and an app-specific password."

Let me emphasize: IF YOU DON"T DOWNLOAD/USE iCloud for Windows, you must set up two-factor authentication and get an app-specific password.

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LACAllen

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Jun 4, 2019 11:34 PM in response to Lukcresdera

A google search shows many do not have a good understanding of what is going on.

Truer words have never been spoken.

For data security reasons, any 3rd party app requiring access to an Apple service requires an app specific password which requires either Apple's 2FA or older 2SV security.

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Icloud and Windows 10 email - two factor authorization? App Specific Password?

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