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Setup an outlook.com mail account on thunderbird with oauth2

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johannes
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I attempt to setup an outh2 mail account for hotmail.com 1) Go settings (gear symbol lower left) Account settings, Account Actions, Add mail acount 2) Typa new and Email Address and click Configure manually 3) Select OAuth2 by both Authentification method Incoming and Outgoing server 4) click Re-test (test is incomplete so) 5) For outgoing server type smtp.outlook.com, 465 and SSL/TLS 6) The done button is grayed out, It is not possible to setup the account

I attempt to setup an outh2 mail account for hotmail.com 1) Go settings (gear symbol lower left) Account settings, Account Actions, Add mail acount 2) Typa new and Email Address and click Configure manually 3) Select OAuth2 by both Authentification method Incoming and Outgoing server 4) click Re-test (test is incomplete so) 5) For outgoing server type smtp.outlook.com, 465 and SSL/TLS 6) The done button is grayed out, It is not possible to setup the account

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david
david
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Please post screenshot of the setup pane so we can see the complete settings for incoming and outgoing.

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Use these settings:

incoming: outlook.office365.com, 993 (IMAP) or 995 (POP), SSL/TLS, OAuth2 authentication, User Name = email address

outgoing: smtp.office365.com, 587, STARTTLS, OAuth2 authentication, User Name = email address

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