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
    2024-02-14T20:29:34+00:00

    I don't mean to disrespect or downplay other issue, but in regard if that is true or not, is a complete new topic that can be discussed into another thread by whom my be interested.

    Please let's try to focus on this issue and and not slide the thread.

    Thanks

    You keep saying "new Outlook" or email client is not relevant to this issue BUT IT IS. We are all having an issue with password prompt and it has been suggested to use "new Outlook" because it supports OAuth "better" than Office 2013/2016//2019. Therefore, concerns with "new Outlook" as a solution needs to be discussed. Three main concerns people have are: 1) it shows ads masqueraded as emails; 2) Ts&Cs indicate MS servers will access/scrape all your data including non-Microsoft accounts; 3) it has limited protocol support that may not meet the needs of most people using Outlook. People use Outlook because they have multiple email accounts and/or need different access protocols. Otherwise, they would stick with free "Mail" instead of going with paid Outlook desktop apps. I would argue email client is particularly important to this issue.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T20:28:34+00:00

    Nobody replied to you in this thread, you are just posting in the wrong one.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T20:15:57+00:00

    Hello

    There is some confusion on this posting. My issue was 'can not connect to server' when travelling using hotmail.

    Thanks for taking the time to reply. Hopefully the your reply will get to the original submitter.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T20:12:51+00:00

    hello

    There must be some confusion on postings. My post was related to 'can not connect to server' when travelling using hotmail.

    Thanks for your efforts on this issue. Hopefully it will go to the right person.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T19:07:52+00:00

    Sometime you can have 2 instance of Outlook open in the background (sometime it happens) so Outlook wont open. Use your task manager to cheek that, and shut down every Outlook instance you can find, and then start Outlook, or just simply restart your PC.

    Some of the suggested "workarounds" may not work for you or others. This is really a messed up issue, that is not resolvable on the client side (as soon as your client email configuration is correct).

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