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My university uses MS for their services, and they stubbornly refuse to let me use IMAP (not even with OAuth). I have to either use GNOME Evolution for Micro$oft exchange protocol or a proprietary app on my phone, which enforces bullshit control on a device I paid for.



> which enforces bullshit control on a device I paid for

That's basically the raison d'etre. You, presumably a student, are getting caught in the crossfire of regulatory compliance and they don't want to maintain two email systems.

Source: Used to be the one implementing those controls. We didn't like them either, I promise.




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