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Old 28 Dec 2016, 06:42 AM   #18
jhollington
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Originally Posted by TheJapanese View Post
Every device I use for mailing or pushing mails knows my password (because I enter it inside the routers firmware, mail software or devices like iphones itself). So it's much better to have app specific passwords.
For IMAP mail clients, sure, but I wasn't quite clear on why you'd be entering your email account password into your router's firmware .... is this for notifications or something? In that case, yes, an app-specific password limited to SMTP submission is definitely a bonus.
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