Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Microsoft’s Outlook.com gets IMAP, meaning more third-party app support

<p>After a long wait, Microsoft has finally announced IMAP (and OAuth) support for Outlook.com users. Outlook users will now have email access from more third-party applications, including Mac Mail and Thunderbird on a Mac.</p><p>Why the long wait for IMAP support? Microsoft has been attached to its own Exchange ActiveSync (known as EAS) protocol that is designed in-house. We suspect the company finally felt enough pressure from users to open up with IMAP support. "We heard your feedback loud and clear that this was important," the company wrote.</p><p>IMAP is widely used by the rest of the industry, so it's nice to see Microsoft finally catch-up. Launch partners for Outlook's IMAP support include TripIt, Sift, Slice, motley*bunch, Unroll.me, OtherInbox, and Context.IO, who have all put the protocol into their apps.</p><p>To get Outlook going on an IMAP supported application, you can enter in the following information:</p><p><a href="http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/123630-microsoft-s-outlook-com-gets-imap-meaning-more-third-party-app-support">Keep reading...</a></p>

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