I would like to change my account settings for my hotmail account, but when I try to change from Normal Password under Outgoing Server (SMTP) there is no option for Oauth… (read more)
I would like to change my account settings for my hotmail account, but when I try to change from Normal Password under Outgoing Server (SMTP) there is no option for Oauth. Is there something I can do to enable this option.
Microsoft sent email last night announcing the end of "Normal Password" for Hotmail, and warning that Hotmail would REQUIRE "modern authrentication" beginning 9/16. I ha… (read more)
Microsoft sent email last night announcing the end of "Normal Password" for Hotmail, and warning that Hotmail would REQUIRE "modern authrentication" beginning 9/16. I have personal desktop subscription to Microsoft 365. I have set Microsoft account to 2FA and checked in Tbird that cookies are enabled.
I have spent hours and days trying & failing. With server imap-mail.outlook.com using OAUTH2, Thunderbird won't sync and shows message saying that server doesn't support the authentication protocol please enter another one. With 2FA still turned on and using Normal Password setting and entering an App Password from Microsoft, the Imap connection is fine about 85% of the time, needing re-entry of the App password about once a day or so (usually requires several tries until App Password gets accepted.)
The 0AUTH2 fails with Norton Smart Firewall turned Off or Turned On-makes no difference.
(Sending email with Outlook and 0AUTH2 DOES work okay.)
I've also tried Imap connection with a different server: Outlook.office365.com, using 0AUTH2.
In this case, Tbird shows me a Timeout error and never makes an Imap connection to the server.
I've been limping along with the app password, and "normal password" authentication, but now Microsoft announces they will stop accepting connections that are not 0Auth2 ("modern authentication") from Tbird or any other software after 9/16. The clock is ticking. I've tried every remedy I've seen online from Tbird or from Microsoft. Nothing has yet allowed a QAUTH connection for Tbird to a hotmail IMAP server. Please help! !
Is it possible to manually delete historical chat data? Thanks.
I have had a client for whom I use an outlook.office365.com "thing" and get/send e-mails through their domain. In prior Tbird releases it just accepted whatever creden… (read more)
I have had a client for whom I use an outlook.office365.com "thing" and get/send e-mails through their domain.
In prior Tbird releases it just accepted whatever credentials Tbird presents
Recent release - I still authenticate just fine - can receive and transmit e-mails without issue. But every couple of minutes I get a nag screen asking me to login to login.live.com. I dismiss the nag screen, and can still transmit and receive e-mails. This screen is initiated by a Thunderbird process (I know this because if I kill a Thunderbird process in task manager, the screen goes away and everything works as expected. )
I really want no part of the Windows "Live" thing, and have no idea of what "helpful" changes it wants to make, and so I do not login.
"Settings" are set up with cookies set to yes. OAuth2 seems to be selected.
I see no settings that I could use to suppress the nag ... is there anything I can do???
Thanks in advance.
Jonathan
