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app password required for outlook 2fA
- You should not be using app passwords anymore, both Outlook and Thunderbird support 2FA for Microsoft (365) accounts. You can find detailed instructions on how to configure it for example here: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/modern-authentication-methods-now-needed-to-continue-syncing-outlook-email-in-non-microsoft-email-apps-c5d65390-9676-4763-b41f-d7986499a90d
Thank you. I have abandoned my attempt to use an APP password, as you suggested.
I have two Outlook accounts. Let us call them: email address removed for privacy reasons; email address removed for privacy reasons. I can logon to both in Outlook using 2FA without problem. When I try to access them in Thunderbird, after trying different settings, I can now also logon without problem, but with two peculiar behaviors:
1. Thunderbird does not require any password.
2. When I try to send a message, sometimes I have to change the SMTP setting from mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons to mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons or vice-versa.
I can live with this, but I wonder if I will eventually run into problems after Sept 16. My current server settings are:
incoming: IMAP, outlook.office365.com, mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons, SSL/TLS, OAuth2
outgoing: smtp.office365.com, STARTTLS, OAuth2, mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons
and similarly for mailto:email address removed for privacy reasons. Am I OK with this? I have not yet dared to remove and re-install the Thunderbird accounts.
- VasilMichev
Thank you. I have abandoned my attempt to use an APP password, as you suggested.
I have two Outlook accounts. Let us call them: a1 and a2 I can logon to both in Outlook using 2FA without problem. When I try to access them in Thunderbird, after trying different settings, I can now also logon without problem, but with two peculiar behaviors:
1. Thunderbird does not require any password.
2. When I try to send a message, sometimes I have to change the SMTP setting from a1 to a2 or vice-versa.
I can live with this, but I wonder if I will eventually run into problems after Sept 16. My current server settings are:
incoming: IMAP, outlook.office365.com, a1, SSL/TLS, OAuth2
outgoing: smtp.office365.com, STARTTLS, OAuth2, a1
and similarly for a2. Am I OK with this? I have not yet dared to remove and re-install the Thunderbird accounts.
