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Thunderbird won't download my hotmail emails since 23 May.

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Gmail emails download fine, but none of my hotmail emails have downloaded since 23 May, although I can see them on my phone and tablet.

Gmail emails download fine, but none of my hotmail emails have downloaded since 23 May, although I can see them on my phone and tablet.

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Are you using an App Password? If not, then you probably need to turn on two-step verification and then create an App Password to use in Thunderbird.

Hotmail/Outlook Mail: App passwords and two-step verification About two-step verification

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Have you updated your hotmail server settings? Two-step verification/app password is optional, and not necessary to access the account in TB.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1156972

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