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Update on imap.cern.ch

Description of Service Change: 

On Monday 03.09.2012 there will be an update on e-mail servers in order to enable GSSAPI authentication.

No change is required on supported IMAP clients: Thunderbird, Mac.Mail, Alpine.

Scripts that are using fetchmail or other tools to retrieve content from a mailbox might need to be adapted to use password authentication.

Please contact service-desk@cern.ch if you want to test access to IMAP server with the new configuration

Reason for this change: 

Preparation to introduce Kerberos authentication

Service Element Affected: 
E-Mail Service
Effective from: 
Monday, September 3, 2012 - 09:00
Posted by: 
IT-OIS
Unit responsible for resolution: 
IT Department