Outlook (OAuth2) to Thunderbird
Hi!
My university has just switched to cloud email and I am trying to add the new account to Thunderbird, but there seems to be an issue with two-factor authentication.
I am using the following settings:
Incoming:
IMAP Server hostname: outlook.office365.com Port: 993 SSL: SSL/TLS Authentication: Oauth2
Outgoing:
Server hostname: smtp.office365.com Port: 587 SSL: STARTTLS Authentication: Oauth2
and finally my email account as a username.
This is where I select my inbox and Thunderbird opens a new window of Outlook webmail prompting me to log in. I use my credential but the login fails, displaying a message that the username or password are incorrect.
Going over the web, I saw that an app password could work as a solution, however I cannot see an app password method option under the Security Info of my account here: https://mysignins.microsoft.com/security-info
I am using Thunderbird 78.12.0
Any ideas? Thank you in advance!
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Setting up an O365 account in TB is not straightforward. Perhaps this source will help:
https://eightwone.com/2020/07/01/configuring-exchange-account-with-imap-oauth2/
Thanks for replying!
After going through the link, first thing I need to do is contact an admin from my university and ask him to grant me permission to use TB, as far as I understand. Because as a non-admin, I cannot do that myself.
After that, configuration should work.