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Unable to connect to imap.outlook.com with thunderbird?

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abcea
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Hello, Thunderbird has been working fine for over a year with my hotmail, as well as several other accounts. For some strange reason that I can't quite fathom, the other day imap.outlook.com no longer works. I believe that it is an authentication issue with thunderbird, anyone else having this problem? I've checked my password ETC, which is correct. Thanks much for any help.

Hello, Thunderbird has been working fine for over a year with my hotmail, as well as several other accounts. For some strange reason that I can't quite fathom, the other day imap.outlook.com no longer works. I believe that it is an authentication issue with thunderbird, anyone else having this problem? I've checked my password ETC, which is correct. Thanks much for any help.

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Oops. Sorry. I pasted the wrong instructions in!

Hotmail (Outlook Mail it is called now): Go to https://account.microsoft.com/ and log into your Hotmail/Microsoft Account. Go to "Security & privacy", then "More security settings" under "Account security". Go down to "Two-step verification" to set your App passwords.

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user1121639
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You may need an App password.

... wrong instructions removed ...

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abcea
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Hi, Thanks much for the reply, but unfortunately I don't think this will help as it's a hotmail/outlook account. Thanks again,

Abcea

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Chosen Solution

Oops. Sorry. I pasted the wrong instructions in!

Hotmail (Outlook Mail it is called now): Go to https://account.microsoft.com/ and log into your Hotmail/Microsoft Account. Go to "Security & privacy", then "More security settings" under "Account security". Go down to "Two-step verification" to set your App passwords.

abcea
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Hi, That fixed it... thanks so much for the help.