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OAuth2 and Thunderbird, help needed
I hope someone can help, I've changed all the settings in Thunderbird for my whole family's emails (http://hotmail.co.uk/, http://hotmail.com/, http://live.co.uk/) from Normal Password to OAuth2...
I used the same information as you have from Microsoft but with the additon of this from mozilla support:
Enable cookies for Microsoft's Outlook or Hotmail websites in Thunderbird, otherwise you will not be able to log in to your Outlook or Hotmail account using OAuth2 authentication.
- Click ≡ > Settings > Privacy & Security.
- Under Web Content section, tick Accept cookies from sites.
- Click Exceptions… button next to Accept cookies from sites to make sure you are not blocking cookies from Microsoft sites, such as outlook.com, hotmail.com or office365.com
The link from mozilla support page.
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/microsoft-oauth-authentication-and-thunderbird-202#w_your-outlook-or-hotmail-password-no-longer-works-with-thunderbird-and-you-cannot-send-or-receive-email
- Thank you for your kind reply. I've checked my settings and they're all correct, I don't have any cookies blocked. I clicked on exceptions and added the sites you recommended anyway. I closed thunderbird and restarted it but still it's not working. Occasionally one or two accounts will populate with new emails received but I can't get them to work again, nor can I get them to send emails. It's all very sporadic!
I have the same problem. Did you find a solution today that can solve it?
