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
    2024-01-31T16:31:57+00:00

    Thunderbird.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T16:48:59+00:00

    11:45 EST 31-Jan. iOS MS OUTLOOK 2016 (i.e., "personal") I logged on successfully and have stayed logged on for 45 minutes. So far so good.

    Logon was squirrelly: the app would not accept my password, and kept prompting me to re-enter it (same user experience as during the problem period), but in the meantime the app logged on with my (same) stored password in the background, so while it was prompting me to re-enter my password, it showed me connected and emails starting loading.

    In the end, all is (currently) well.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T16:50:40+00:00

    Thunderbird.

    Yup, Gmail and Thunderbird. I've been happy with both so I have no experience with others, and nor would I if they can't implement something as fundamental as OAuth2. Fetchmail's lack of OAuth2 support probably means I will have to look elsewhere for my Linux-based email collection needs.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T16:56:04+00:00

    So sorry. Yes Thunderbird. My mistake. What mobile ( Android) email client uses OAuth (other than perhaps Gmail)?

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T17:02:09+00:00

    I'm glad I found your vital server tip as Thunderbird didn't mention it.

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