Need to upgrade outlook authentication method - but options do not appear
My Thunderbird Version: 115.12.2 (32 Bit)
Microsoft is changing the authentication method for outlook mail to OAuth2. I follow the guide here,
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/microsoft-oauth-authentication-and-thunderbird-202
And I get to this screen - but my version of the program does not have OAuth2 as an option (see attached image).
Thanks for the help.
Réiteach roghnaithe
I don't know why OAuth2 doesn't appear in the drop-down, as it does in my setup. Open Config. editor from Settings/General and type mail.smtpserver.smtp1.authMethod in the search box (or change 1 to 2 or 3 to correspond to the outlook account (mail.server.server1.name displays the hostname of server 1). Edit mail.smtpserver.smtp1.authMethod and change the value to 10, then see if OAuth2 appears in the Account Settings.
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Do you have smtp.office365.com for the server, not something like smtp-mail.outlook.com? Also, the incoming server should be outlook.office365.com.
sfhowes: Thanks for your help. Checked that and this is all I get for options (See attached)
Réiteach Roghnaithe
I don't know why OAuth2 doesn't appear in the drop-down, as it does in my setup. Open Config. editor from Settings/General and type mail.smtpserver.smtp1.authMethod in the search box (or change 1 to 2 or 3 to correspond to the outlook account (mail.server.server1.name displays the hostname of server 1). Edit mail.smtpserver.smtp1.authMethod and change the value to 10, then see if OAuth2 appears in the Account Settings.
sfhowes - Changing "mail.smtpserver.smtp1.authMethod and change the value to 10" fixed it.
I sincerely appreciate your time in solving this issue. Thanks again.
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