Does VPOP3 support 2FA for email?

Aug 07, 2023

Rosemary Lockie wrote

Hello,

I note from your blog post of November 8, 2018 (https://blog.pscs.co.uk/category/vpop3/new-features/) that version 7.8 supports 2FA for Webmail/admin access. That is presumably when VPOP3 is acting as a server for users to connect using a browser?

My question is whether VPOP3 will also support 2FA acting in "client" mode, to connect to an external mail server which supports 2FA?

Thank you,
Rosemary

2 Answers

Aug 07, 2023

Paul Smith agent wrote

Hi Rosemary,

> My question is whether VPOP3 will also support 2FA acting in "client" mode, to connect to an external mail server which supports 2FA?

I'm afraid not. VPOP3 is meant to be run as an automated service, and 2FA is not suitable for that, as it requires user interaction.

Regards

Paul

Aug 08, 2023

Rosemary Lockie wrote

Paul,

Thank you. That is what I suspected, but I wanted to be quite sure before I tried it.

Kind Regards,
Rosemary