Understanding Modern Authentication & OAuth2 🔐

⏰ OAuth2, aka a "Modern authentication method", removes the burden of authentication from the email program to the email service itself, enabling a number of important security features.

⏰ Modern authentication: how and why
To accommodate Microsoft’s “Modern Authentication Methods” in many email programs, you need to set up the entire email account, including both incoming and outgoing mail, using OAuth2. During setup, the program hands off authentication to Microsoft, enabling enhanced security that includes two-factor, passwordless authentication, and more.

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