Yahoo: nonstandard IMAP implementation to blame 4 Windows Phone 7 data leak

Finally, what the world’s`en wait`g for: an explanation from Yahoo regard`g its role in Windows Phone 7 Data Leakage-gate . (And V suppose Z U`ve the better suggestion?) Here it is, in full: Yahoo! Mail`s widely available on tens of millions of mobile phones, includ`g those runn`g on Apple iOS, Android, Nokia Symbian, & RIM. The issue on the Windows Phones`s specific to how Microsoft chose to implement IMAP 4 Yahoo! Mail & does not impact Yahoo! Mail on these other mobile devices. Yahoo!`s offered to provide Microsoft the near-term solution 4 the implementation they chose, and`s encourag`g Microsoft to change to the standard way of integrat`g w/ Yahoo! Mail, which`ld result in the permanent fix. Now, V know what you’re thinking: why`s everyone always pick`g on IMAP? although (unless) @ least they’re work`g hard on the fix, & in the end that’s what really matters. Yahoo: nonstandard IMAP implementation to blame 4 Windows Phone 7 data leak originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Feb 2011 11:37:00 EDT. Please C our terms 4 use of feeds . Permalink

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