Warning from ISP that K-9 will be refused unless it passes new security standards!

[Iolo and Peibyn]

Help, Developers!

At least one ISP is warning that my email client, K-9, will be refused, meaning that I will not be able to use it to retrieve and send emails!

One ISP, Sky, has sent me an email warning:

"In the coming weeks, we're phasing out support for some email clients to make sure everyone is accessing their emails using a client that supports modern security standards.

 

You can find a little more information here: https://www.sky.com/help/articles/problems-accessing-sky-mail-from-your-email-app

 

PLEASE update K-9 to satisfy the latest security standards.

K-9 is GREAT!  You all did SO MUCH work to create it.  It will only take a little work, in comparison, to keep it going.

Hoping for a positive response,

Iolo and Peibyn.

[Philip Whitehouse]

You say that like you’ve looked into the problem and know. It’s not a little work, it’s a sizeable project and that’s if Yahoo were playing ball.

Yahoo doesn’t care about allowing support for non mainstream apps - I’ve tried back when I had time:

https://github.com/k9mail/k-9/issues/1698

If you want a more secure email account, move away from Yahoo:

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/find-out-if-your-yahoo-account-was-hacked/

Best,

Philip Whitehouse

On 14 Jan 2020, at 17:14, Iolo and Peibyn <ioloan...@gmail.com> wrote:



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[Iolo and Peibyn]

Philip, I feel certain that while upgrading K-9 so that it meets a new security standard will involve work, it will not involve the far greater amount of work that was required to create the entire excellent app.

Anyway, time has moved on and my situation has become more serious.  I will post about it separately.  Please reconsider.

Iolo.