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
    2024-01-31T03:29:17+00:00

    Well yeah new outlook is basically just an Edge browser running webmail, no activesync or IMAP involved.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T03:24:36+00:00

    Was up all day. Just received the authentication error. Did not come back up immediately. Still showing error. Grrrr.

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T02:56:14+00:00

    If you're having issues with the Outlook client and are on M365 you may be able to switch to the "New Outlook" (version 1.2024.124.100) which removes the problem for me - there is a switch in the top righthand corner:

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T02:42:34+00:00

    LOL and just as I typed the above, it went down again, but then came right back up (notification on phone for credentials needed, tapped it, said check your settings as always, exited out, and it synched and the message went away). So it looks like some progress is being made at least....

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-01-31T02:37:21+00:00

    I think it is just coincidence, outlook.live.com is just a cname/alias for the same servers as all the others (like eas.outlook.com and outlook.office365.com). Encryption supported won't be any different, they all point to the same infrastructure (I'd be very surprised if anything still allowed TLS 1.0 at this point, even operating systems have disabled it).

    It came back up around mid day so you probably tried after it was back up. Hopefully it stays up.

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