Cannot receive Hotmail messages
I have just altered my Hotmail settings in Thunderbird to take account of the Microsoft OAuth2 requirements. I can still send from Hotmail but cannot receive (download) incoming messages.
When I open Thunderbird, or check for email, I see the text "******@hotmail.com: Host contacted, sending login information......." at the bottom but no messages are downloaded, and eventually the text disappears (I know there are messages waiting as I can see them using the Outlook app)
My server settings are; Server type : POP Mail Server Server name: pop-mail.outlook.com Port: 995 User name: ******@hotmail.com Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication method: OAuth2
I have tried restarting both my PC (Windows 10) and Thunderbird, but the problem persists. Help please!
Chosen solution
The correct incoming server is outlook.office365.com on 995 (POP) or 993 (IMAP):
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1417298#answer-1588949
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Thanks for your reply, here's what I get. I can't quite post it all as it's over the character limit but I will post the rest separately;
Application Basics
Name: Thunderbird Version: 115.12.2 Build ID: 20240621154414 Distribution ID:
Update Channel: esr User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:115.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/115.12.2 OS: Windows_NT 10.0 19045 OS Theme:
Launcher Process: Enabled
Multiprocess Windows: 0/0
Fission Windows: 0/0
Enabled by default
Remote Processes: 3
Enterprise Policies: Inactive
Google Location Service Key: Missing
Google Safebrowsing Key: Missing
Mozilla Location Service Key: Missing
Safe Mode: false
Memory Size (RAM): 7.9 GB
Disk Space Available: 35.9 GB
Mail and News Accounts
account2:
INCOMING: account2, , (none) Local Folders, 0, passwordCleartext
account3:
INCOMING: account3, , (pop3) mail.talktalk.net:995, SSL, passwordCleartext
OUTGOING: , smtp.talktalk.net:587, SSL, passwordCleartext, true
account4:
INCOMING: account4, , (pop3) pop-mail.outlook.com:995, SSL, OAuth2
OUTGOING: , smtp.office365.com:587, alwaysSTARTTLS, OAuth2, true
account5:
INCOMING: account5, , (imap) mail.vikingfund.co.uk:143, 0, passwordCleartext
OUTGOING: , mail.vikingfund.co.uk:587, 0, passwordEncrypted, true
account6:
INCOMING: account6, , (pop3) pop.gmail.com:995, SSL, OAuth2
OUTGOING: , smtp.gmail.com:465, SSL, OAuth2, true
Libraries
Library
Status
Expected minimum version
Version in use
Path
RNP (OpenPGP)
OK
0.17.0
0.17.0+PR2073.MZLA.115.12.2
C:\Program Files\Mozilla Thunderbird\rnp.dll
Calendar Settings
Home
Name
Value
Name:
Type: storage
Disabled:
Username:
URI:
Refresh Interval:
Read-only:
Suppress Alarms:
Cache Enabled:
iMIP Identity: id3
iMIP Disabled:
iMIP Account:
Organiser Id:
Force Email Scheduling:
Popup Alarms Supported:
Alarms on Invitation Supported:
Max Alarms Per Event:
Attachment Supported:
Max Categories:
Privacy State Supported:
Priority Supported: true
Event Supported:
Task Supported:
Local Time Supported:
UTC/GMT Supported:
Auto-Scheduling Supported:
Crash Reports for the Last 3 Days
Remote Processes
Type: Count
Extension: 1
Isolated Web Content: 1
GPU: 1
Add-ons
Name
Type
Version
Enabled
ID
British English Dictionary (Marco Pinto)
dictionary
3.3.3
true
marcoagpinto@mail.telepac.pt
Amazon.co.uk extension 1.1 true amazon@search.mozilla.org
Bing
extension
1.0
true
bing@search.mozilla.org
Chambers (UK)
extension
1.0
true
chambers-en-GB@search.mozilla.org
DuckDuckGo
extension
1.0
true
ddg@search.mozilla.org
Google
extension
1.0
true
google@search.mozilla.org
ImportExportTools NG
extension
14.0.3
true
ImportExportToolsNG@cleidigh.kokkini.net
Wikipedia (en)
extension
1.0
true
wikipedia@search.mozilla.org
ImportExportTools
extension
3.3.2
false
{3ed8cc52-86fc-4613-9026-c1ef969da4c3}
Manually sort folders
extension
2.3.0
false
tbsortfolders@xulforum.org
Security Software
Type: Name
Antivirus: Norton 360
Antispyware:
Firewall: Norton 360
Graphics
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Compositing: WebRender
Asynchronous Pan/Zoom: wheel input enabled; touch input enabled; scrollbar drag enabled; keyboard enabled; autoscroll enabled; smooth pinch-zoom enabled
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Final part of the troubleshooting info;
WebGL 2 Driver WSI Info: EGL_VENDOR: Google Inc. (Intel)
EGL_VERSION: 1.5 (ANGLE 2.1.19736 git hash: fa03ab3adeaf) EGL_EXTENSIONS: EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness EGL_ANGLE_d3d_share_handle_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_d3d_texture_client_buffer EGL_ANGLE_surface_d3d_texture_2d_share_handle EGL_ANGLE_
Chosen Solution
The correct incoming server is outlook.office365.com on 995 (POP) or 993 (IMAP):
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1417298#answer-1588949
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