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
    2024-01-30T23:51:08+00:00

    For those who use Microsoft clients (Outlook 20xx, Mail) that support MS Active Sync accounts: your problem could be solved with the following settings:

    Account type:

    First option: MS Active Sync
    Second option (if the first one does not work): MS Exchange

    login: ******@outlook.com / ******@hotmail.com (your email address)
    password: Microsoft account password (Application password could be OK too, at least, it works for me)
    server: outlook.live.com (this is a most important part: this server still supports TLS 1.0, all other servers support only TLS 1.2)
    domain: outlook.com / hotmail.com, depending on email address. Empty domain is OK too.
    SSL: Yes

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T22:55:36+00:00

    What's the address to send the list of impacted accounts?

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T22:54:55+00:00

    GREAT INFORMATION.

    Maybe now the snarky rude comments extoling the virtues of "third party developers" who haven't really fixed it will go away.

    Well, maybe not...

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-30T22:54:19+00:00

    Don't know, I just limited myself to inform what they said.

    Anyway, it's not them or any other developer that needs to dig and find a solution. It's Microsoft who needs to do it.

    Honestly, and taking in account the history of Microsoft tactics to try to force users using their software (like Edge), I start to think that it was precisely to force people to use their Outlook app for Android (that it's working perfectly fine)/IOS but ended up messing their own Outlook sw for Windows.

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