Settings for using Outlook/Hotmail SMTP via Gmail

Anonymous
2024-02-04T05:47:47+00:00

I have a few e-mail accounts, all online rather than desktop application, for differing reasons – no, none for anything dishonest or malevolent, not for spamming, nothing negative. And I normally use a gmail account to handle my Hotmail e-mail, and Outlook e-mail. (I have a couple extra account names I use in Hotmail, one is an Outlook name. That is, the e-mail to my Outlook name will come into my Hotmail account, as the Outlook name is effectively an alternate name for my Hotmail account. This is something you can do in Hotmail settings).

Mail coming into my Hotmail account automatically goes over to my Gmail account. When an e-mail originally comes into my Hotmail account using the Outlook name, it is moved over to my Gmail. When I respond to it from gmail, it will go via my Hotmail account using the Outlook name. That is set up in gmail, via SMTM (just like from a desktop e-mail client, which is what I use my gmail as, as my interface for Hotmail, because I find gmail preferable). 

OK, now to the point. In recent months, when I get an incoming e-mail in my gmail account from my Outlook (Hotmail) account, and I try to respond to it, it is sent back saying it can’t connect, says I need to check my SMTP settings. Well, I have checked, and I checked to see if Hotmail/Outlook changed them since originally set up. My settings are exactly what Hotmail/Microsoft says they should be.

SMTP server: smtp.office365.com

user name: (that is the Outlook e-mail address)

password: (correct)

Port: 587

All that matches what Microsoft/Hotmail instructs to use. 

But there is a problem. Any ideas?

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  1. Diane Poremsky MVP 17,531 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2024-07-18T02:25:23+00:00

    This is what I used for outgoing - I'm using an app password as I have 2FA enabled.

    I am not using the gmailify option - just pop.

    This is my outgoing setting:

    Note that come September, I don't think this will work as Microsoft is disabling basic auth and I'm pretty sure google is using basic - we'll find out come September. (If it used oauth, it would bring up the Microsoft sign in dialoAuth2 I don't know what gmailify uses.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-07-17T21:41:31+00:00

    Xephyr H, I just tested that, and unfortunately, it still won't take that.

    This is kind of maddening. After all, I'm not the only one in this thread having isses with this. I wish I were, at least I would know I'm the promblem. :(

    Jan_9dx, I already tested that. It didn't work for me. Why do these things work for some but not for others?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-07-17T09:08:25+00:00

    2FA + App pw finally worked

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-07-16T11:37:37+00:00

    I just tried putting in that new app password in the gmail setup. It would not take it. I got this message:

    “Couldn't reach server. Please double-check the server and port number.”

    The SMTP Server I have in is: hotmail-com.olc.protection.outlook.com

    The port number is 587. 

    Try again with this smtp server?

    smtp-mail.outlook.com

    port: 587

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-06-25T06:01:27+00:00

    Hi @Xephyr

    Yes, you are correct.

    You don't need an "App Password" unless you have Two-Step Verification enabled. So I assumed, anyone who lands here, should already have the two-step verification enabled otherwise you can just use your regular password without having the issues "two-step verification" users are having with authentication.

    Glad it's working for you now!

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