IMAP, allow insecure authentication

Allright, called them back, explained all agin. The guy on the phone checked what happens on his Mac in case he clicks the checkbox. Surprise, surprise same effect! "might be a bug, but, he never heard about this issue", But even then, he asked whether I can contact the mail-provider, maybe the mail settings have recently changed.... OK contacted mail provider (same country in Europe): "Thank you for your efforts, the problem is known, we are working with Apple to find a solution". Oh, ok, so obviously apple (in this region) should be aware, but the support guy I talked to was not aware. According to "yunsmet" Apple China should be aware too. Wondering, r they not sharing infos about important issues? Never mind, the guy said he will now contact/forward this issue to the engineering department. But it will take 5 working days until a response can be expected. Great! Let's see what they are saying.

Apple support China didn't say 'it's a bug' even they confirmed the same 'bug' in their Macs. She only explained that because I'm using a beta version, she just record this 'bug' and feedback to Engineering Dept.?

By the way, this is not be solved in 10.13.2 Beta (17C79a)...

Apple sent me following after I filed a bug report:

"Engineering has determined that your bug report (35596588) is a duplicate of 35571476 and will be closed."

have no idea what 35571476 is as I have no access.

Anyway, how do you know that acknowledged in the bug reporting system that it is a bug and on the list to be fixed.

If it is the case, good news.

The apple care guy by phone told me after a week, that he did not receive a feedback from the engineering team.

Hello !

Using Mac OS high Sierra 10.13.3 see this article Automatically manage connection settings in Mail on your Mac - Apple Support

The settings are dimmed and you don't need to add manually , the server settings will get automatically managed by its own , this is a change in newer version of Mac OS high Sierra , even the Mac user try to set it won't .

I have submitted a bug report at http://bugreport.apple.com/

I urge you all to do the same. The developers will immediately see that this is a bug and not a user's issue.

mauzzz wrote:

I can't imagine this effects only a few users. Did you send feedback?

The person you are asking if they sent feedback is using a beta version of software. They nor we can discuss beta software here. If you are using beta software please read the NDA you agreed to and report the issue to the beta group.

If you are not using beta software your issue is specific to you and your system configuration. It does not affect others as it is not a systemic problem. Tell us more specifics about your Mail configuration.

Just a thought... check with your provider to see if they offer secure settings. I often see two sets of options to connect. You want to use secure settings if at all possible. If they don't offer secure settings, I would look for a different provider.

Single user or a large group is irrelevant, Anyway, as we are an informatics institute, lots of us need to use the latest Xcode tools and compilers. So we cannot wait because of a bug in Mail.app. We are not a company where the main function of a computer is Microsoft Office.

And as I mentioned before, I am using for now an alternate email client (and yes, I can connect fine).

But I am used to and my workflow is centered around Mail.app, so it is quite annoying.

Let's hope the bug will be fixed in 10.13.1

I think that what you are saying is not possible at all.

1) Despite the "allow insecure authentication" name, the method is much more secure that regular secure authentication. That's because the "insecure" connection is between mail.app and the same computer that the mail.app is running on. From there, it is through an ssh tunnel (think of it as a VPN). That is orders of magnitude more secure as a malicious third party must have access to the ssh private keys to stage an attack.

2) The feature works fine on the mail.app on iOS 11.

3) Appla has acknowledged in the bug reporting system that it is a bug and on the list to be fixed. I assume that they are too busy plugging security holes this period so that bug is not very high on their list right now.

Read the article Mail Server Settings preferences - Apple Support

Leave the settings as it is , safe mode , creating a new user account has no connection with it .

Not be solved yet even in the last beta (17B45a), 😟

Did you read the article linked to by Diane?

Allowing less secure apps to access your account - Google Account Help

not be fixed yet in OS X 10.13.2 Beta (17C67b)😢