| ▲ | ivanbakel 6 hours ago |
| What I'm most curious about, and what the docs are light on detail about: does this mean Thunderbird complies with remote deletion requests (which IIRC, the Exchange protocol suppports)? I have the impression that Microsoft makes this a requirement for Exchange implementations, which is why third-party devices and apps like Apple's Mail cooperate with those requests. |
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| ▲ | seethishat 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| That would be Active Sync: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients/exchange-... Not sure how Mozilla went about the implementation, but I do agree it would be a concern to verify before using. You can perform the following Exchange ActiveSync tasks: Enable and disable Exchange ActiveSync for users
Set policies such as minimum password length, device locking, and maximum failed password attempts
Initiate a remote wipe to clear all data from a lost or stolen mobile phone
Run a variety of reports for viewing or exporting into a variety of formats
Control which types of mobile devices can synchronize with your organization through device access rules
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| ▲ | rkagerer 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Some clients perform some of those operations in a sandbox. Eg. Nine for Android let's you choose when you set up an account whether a remote wipe command should just wipe that account's local mailbox, or your whole device. | |
| ▲ | semi-extrinsic 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | ActiveSync will forever be reserved for the technology I used to sync email and calendar on my HP Jornada 430 running Windows CE - just like James Bond did! |
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| ▲ | graemep 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Do you mean recall? https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/recall-an-outlook... That only works within an organisation, right? Otherwise you just get an email. I got one recently. |
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| ▲ | ivanbakel 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | No, Exchange ActiveSync (as the other commenter correctly identified it) really allows an admin to wipe your device - ostensibly of mail, but often of all other data as well.[0] If your Outlook server disables IMAP & POP3, then the ActiveSync protocol is AFAIK the only way to get in-app emails on your phone. Admins do this so that they can forcibly wipe the device if they "need" to. 0: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/clients/exchange-... | | |
| ▲ | rkagerer 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | Historical note: There was also MAPI for a long time (and I believe MAPI over HTTP/S) | | | |
| ▲ | graemep 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I was not sure which you meant. |
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