Account SMTP authentication method
From Sept-16-2024 Microsoft will deprecate Normal Password and require OAuth2 authentication on its email accounts accessed from Thunderbird and other clients.
I'm trying to convert my hotmail accounts on Thunderbird to OAuth2 authentication.
Server Settings Authentication can be set to OAuth2 because OAuth2 is an option in that menu.
But SMTP Server Authentication cannot be set to OAuth2 because OAuth2 is not an option in that menu.
Both Connection Security methods ( Inbound and SMTP ), are set to STARTTLS.
See screenshots, thank you.
Vald lösning
Hi David, I successfully configured OAuth2 on TB 115.10.1 (32-bit) for Microsoft email accounts ( hotmail ). Should also work for live and outlook accounts.
Incoming POP3: Server type: POP3 Server name: outlook.office365.com Port: 995 Transport security: SSL/TLS Authentication: OAuth2
Incoming IMAP: Server type: IMAP Server name: outlook.office365.com Port: 995 Transport security: SSL/TLS Authentication: OAuth2
Outgoing SMTP: Server type: SMTP Server name: smtp.office365.com Port: 587 Transport security: STARTTLS Authentication: OAuth2
After adding new MS account in TB, close and relaunch TB, to save the account configuration.
Send a test email from TB using your new MS account, to any other email address. MS account asks for the MS account password. Enter MS account password and click Okay. MS account asks permission to allow TB read/write access to your MS account emails. Click Accept.
For each MS account this one-time procedure enables TB as client with OAuth2 on this computer.
Thanks again for helping !
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I changed SMTP server name to smtp.office365.com. Now, TB shows an OAuth2 menu item in the SMTP Authentication Method menu. So I set TB to OAuth2 on the inbound and outbound servers. However, when I use TB to check for incoming emails on this hotmail account, it prints "Host contacted, sending login info" and hangs. I might have to configure the hotmail account to enable it for OAuth2 but I don't know how. Any thoughts? Thank you !
My suggestion was only for the SMTP server, as that was the example on the webpage. For inbound, it said to your account-specifing server.
Deleted this post for typos. Posted corrections in my following post.
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Vald lösning
Hi David, I successfully configured OAuth2 on TB 115.10.1 (32-bit) for Microsoft email accounts ( hotmail ). Should also work for live and outlook accounts.
Incoming POP3: Server type: POP3 Server name: outlook.office365.com Port: 995 Transport security: SSL/TLS Authentication: OAuth2
Incoming IMAP: Server type: IMAP Server name: outlook.office365.com Port: 995 Transport security: SSL/TLS Authentication: OAuth2
Outgoing SMTP: Server type: SMTP Server name: smtp.office365.com Port: 587 Transport security: STARTTLS Authentication: OAuth2
After adding new MS account in TB, close and relaunch TB, to save the account configuration.
Send a test email from TB using your new MS account, to any other email address. MS account asks for the MS account password. Enter MS account password and click Okay. MS account asks permission to allow TB read/write access to your MS account emails. Click Accept.
For each MS account this one-time procedure enables TB as client with OAuth2 on this computer.
Thanks again for helping !
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