Post date:
Friday, August 17, 2012 - 08:59
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