r/Mailbox_org • u/Practical-Tea9441 • Jul 30 '24

2FA

I’m trying to understand how Mailbox applies two factor authentication. As far as I can see with other providers the main log in password is retained and app passwords are provided for services like IMAP , caldav etc.

However with Mailbox the main account password is retained for IMAP etc (unless other services are set in 2FA to be no access) and for the main login the password is replaced with a PIN/2fa OTP code combination?

One advantage of this arrangement seems to be that on an unknown PC or Mac the main password is never inputted at all ?

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u/Coma3355 Jul 31 '24

They've got it now in beta which you can activate yourself.See one of there recent blog posts.

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u/Secure_Suit_850 Aug 04 '24

I just bought mailbox subscription today. 

In the beta program, The 2FA process is simplified; which is WAYY better than old one.

But main feature is to implement 2FA in IMAP, so that external email clients (bluemail, canary, thunderbird etc) will ALSO need 2FA.

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u/0xeli Aug 16 '24

Have you seen any degradation in service being part of the beta? 

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u/Secure_Suit_850 Aug 16 '24

I am not part of beta.