Outlook 2016 doesn't accept password or app password

Anonymous
2024-01-25T09:40:42+00:00

I have this problem - Outlook 2016 doesn't accept password or app password - and i think it is a growing World wide Microsoft problem :-(

See also here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Outlook/comments/19dx64p/outlook_2013_windows_10_suddenly_not_accepting/Outlook gives me this: (startede yesterday)

I have 2 PC's with HOTMAIL accounts in Outlook 2016 ...

They both have this error.

I do get mails ... but I can´t send mails. Yesterday it did work for 1-2 hours ... but right now the error is there all the time :-(

Please help me.

Thanks in advance

Pierre

Outlook | Windows | Classic Outlook for Windows | For business

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-25T13:42:00+00:00

    Thanks again David for your support on this very painful situation (you are the only one from Microsoft giving us answers, even on weekend, so we really appreciate it).

    Unfortunately in my case, I don't have the option to upgrade my desktop and mobile Outlook clients, so the fact that OAuth has been activated without any previous notice in our Hotmail or Outlook.com accounts, this makes that I don't have any solution to solve this issue as I cannot use the New Outlook nor some updated Android clients.

    Is it really not possible to disable temporally this OAuth feature in our impacted Microsoft accounts so we can resync temporally our accounts and have some time to prepare for some workaround?

    If the OAuth activation is definitive in our Hotmail or Outlook.com accounts, then I will for sure have to move all my data to my Gmail accounts that still work correctly in my desktop and mobile clients.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-25T08:53:51+00:00

    Errr.... No, Thunderbird issue is not really fixed. What's fixed is IMAP/SMTP. If you use a plug-in for EAS or Calendar sync, they still have issue accessing.

    As this point, moving everything off Microsoft is becoming one of the only few viable long term options.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-25T08:39:56+00:00

    Good to know... Hotmail is not my main email, it's for my travel and to get through China's restriction when I am there.

    All my other critical emails are downloaded via POP3. Important ones are filed away. I've used .PST for decades and never had any real issue with it.

    I think there is another real issue of this latest change. I guess POP3 will no longer be supported by Microsoft, unless POP3 client can handle OAuth2. What a mess!

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