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Hotmail keeps asking for my password. My password was correct. I still changed it. It keeps asking for my password nevertheless. Not only is it very annoying but it also keeps me from using my iPhone properly because that pop-up blocks me all the time I have read some of the answers you have given to people with the same problem. You only answer by asking questions. Every time they answer your question you ask another question. So no answer to be found anywhere. Just more and more questions. If you have to ask me questions, please ask them all at once. I really don’t have time for ping-pong. Thank you.
Managing personal Outlook.com account settings, security, and privacy
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I have no problem with the idea of setting up my Hotmail account as an Exchange account instead of IMAP in Outlook. It's not exactly hard work to click through the wizard. The problem is that it doesn't work.
Thanks 45KHz for the informative reply.
Microsoft has no intention of solving this issue. It is intentional and is designed to irritate you into switching away from POP or IMAP to exchange servers your email accounts with them. Here is their statement again"
Microsoft sent this out in an email:
"The safety and security of your information is top priority for Microsoft. To help keep your account secure, Microsoft will no longer support the use of third-party email and calendar apps which ask you to sign in with only your Microsoft Account username and password. To keep you safe you will need to use a mail or calendar app which supports Microsoft’s modern authentication methods. If you do not act, your third-party email apps will no longer be able to access your Outlook.com, Hotmail or Live.com email address on September 16th"
So, the proper answer is that Microsoft is irritating you intentionally to make you go ahead and switch your email account from POP3 or IMAP to a Microsoft Exchange account before September 16, 2024. Delete your existing account in Outlook 365 and then add it back allowing Outlook to do it automatically. It will set up an exchange server type account.
I did this and have had no more issues. A couple of things I had to do were switch my calendar back to my preferred email account which wasn't the hotmail account and create a rule in the new exchange account that instructs it to deliver incoming messages to my preferred email account inbox. I like to have messages delivered from my total of six email accounts to one inbox.
I'm surprised to see so many people are experiencing the same annoying problem. It seems to me it's issue(s) with Microsoft software, rather than anybody trying to hack my account everyday which is protected by passwords consisting of 20 digit random alphanumeric and special characters. It's getting worse to the point I'm prompted to change password every day. If Microsoft cannot solve this inconvenience, probably I'll be forced to ditch my 30 year old hotmail account. BTW of course I needed to change my password to post this reply.
Like your self I've tried all of the above without success.
Microsoft I’m sure is trying to push everyone down the Office 365 route so they get a monthly subscription charge.
I’ve gone down the route of just signing in via Google, less fuss and no monthly charge.