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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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-27T01:50:14+00:00

    You right my account is pretty new, I never had the need to join a MS forum until now,

    I can usually solve pretty much all technical issue by myself, that's why I get paid for, and no so much to waste time in a forum, let aside 14 years.

    You must have a lot of time on your hands, or needed quite a lot of help apparently or both.

    You do realize, this is basically where everyone from technet and msdn etc have landed into these conjoined forums as various things have ceased over time.

    I'm looking at this from techcommunity area
    everything kind of bleeds together now

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-27T01:44:21+00:00

    So suddenly, happening minutes apart, where authentication errors are popping up one after the other. The account will then take the sign-on credentials, only to fail minutes later.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-27T01:40:35+00:00

    I'm still waiting for an official source about your statement, or you just made that up?

    "You are wrong. I checked with my contacts at Gmail. They will keep POP3 through app-password even with transition to newer auth method. Google is still allowing those of us that want to use local/offline email clients. In fact, Google has been doing security upgrade gradually, and they managed not to disrupt us like this case has. If I follow their published steps on account setup - things just work."

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  4. Don Varnau 19,930 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2024-02-27T01:24:18+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)

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