I access Outlook/Hotmail on my iMac and iPhone. Apparently the Basic security progrm is no longer going to work after Sept. 16. What am I supposed to do? I see directions for Outlook for Windows, but I am on an IOS system.
@fordwilliams i also have the same problem as you i have received an email saying i need to upgrade my hotmail and outlook email accounts for security reasons but i find the information how to do it very confusing
i have deleted the outlook account on my iPhone and reinstalled it hoping that will upgrade the security but it never showed any changes to me not sure if that method works apart from that i am completely at a loss how to upgrade as i do not understand the procedure in the email I received
Basically, MSFT stops supporting 'basic authentication'. The latest versions of Outlook, Apple Mail, and Thunderbird will all support these changes, so this will largely affect any app that hasn’t been updated to support “Modern Auth".
Starting with iOS 11.0, the native mail client has support for OAuth 2.0. (OAuth 2.0 = "modern authentication")
@grahamneal123 thanks for replying but I am still not clear on what is happening by deleting and reinstalling my outlook email will that update the security ? And everything will work fine I am not very technical with this stuff
Hi, I'm sorry for not being clear enough. By re-configuring your email account on your iOS device, latest authentication method (OAuth 2.0 = more secure) will be used IF your device supports this.
If you have iOS 11.0 or higher, all should be OK. To check which iOS version your iPhone is running, follow these steps: Open Settings. Scroll down and tap General. Tap About. Look for the number next to "Software version"
Sadly, I don't have an iOS myself so can't provide you with any screenshots.
I appreciateyour offer to reach out if I don’t get emails on Sept 16, but is there a way to prevent such loss? Can I download the latest version of Outlook? (Not sure I understand difference between Outlook and Hotmail.) Many thanks!
I have also received the message about Sept 16th and am confused as to what to do. I have identified that my laptop is running New Outlook so will this be OK for use after Sept 16th? Or do I need to take any action?
If so then I guess I am getting the emails from MS because my hotmail account is accessible on my iPhone too in which case I need to delete the account on the iPhone and re-set it up I think.
@jeffsg that’s sounds about right as I have the same issues you have I think I have updated my outlook account on the Microsoft hub and I have deleted and reinstalled outlook email account on my iPhone but because I have not removed and reinstalled my Hotmail account on my phone I am getting that warning email hopefully everything be ok
Do you know if this will impact Macs? My iPhone IOS is a high enough version and I recently updated my OS on my Mac to Sonoma v. 14.16.1. I access my email on my Mac through the Apple email icon and have by my .msn and .me emails on there.
Well it's now the 17th September and my emails on my laptop are working fine however I found out that I couldn't attach pictures and email from my iPhone so I set up Outlook on the phone and now can attach pictures but it's not as easy as before.
Great to hear things are working for you. Just so you know the changes are starting to slowly roll out and they will be expanding to more and more accounts as the days go on.
