I managed to get my personal hotmail.com => live.com => outlook.com account working when my previous Sailfish account (Microsoft Exchange) stopped working - the account type that worked was “General Email”.
I recall that attempting to use the “Microsoft 365” account type was unsuccessful - I think because that account type (Microsoft 365 For Business?) expects connection to a domain matching the email address (like the old Microsoft Exchange account type).
If you want to try General Email ,the setup details are below (taken directly from Live.Com.Au POP3, IMAP and SMTP e-mail settings for your iPhone - MailSettings.net):
Incoming (IMAP) Mail Server Configuration
Server Hostname: imap-mail.outlook.com
Server Port:993
Username: The part before the @ sign of your e-mail address
Authentication:Password
SSL/TLS: Yes
Sending Email (SMTP)
Server Hostname:smtp-mail.outlook.com
Server Port:587
Username:The part before the @ sign of your e-mail address
Authentication:Password
SSL/TLS:Yes
Extra Problems
I saw something in these forums about a looming deadline for Microsoft disabling password only connections using your main account password), these can be replaced by App Passwords (unique passwords which are not your main account password)
- Configure backup authentication and recovery settings
- Set up 2-factor authentication
- Create App passwords
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App passwords and two-step verification
Applies to: Microsoft account
After you’ve turned on two-step verification, some apps (like the mail apps on some phones) or devices (like an Xbox 360 or Windows Phone 8) will show an incorrect password error because they can’t prompt you to enter a security code when you try to sign in. The solution to this problem is to create app passwords to use in place of your regular password, but only for these apps that don’t support two-step verification. App passwords are long, randomly generated passwords that you only have to provide once.
If you don’t use two-step verification, then you can’t create app passwords. For help with your Microsoft account password, see When you can’t sign in to your Microsoft account.
The steps for generating a new app password are always the same. Repeat these steps to get a different password for every app or device that needs an app password:
- Go to the Security basics page and sign in to your Microsoft account.
- Select more security options .
- Under App passwords , select Create a new app password . A new app password is generated and appears on your screen.
- Enter this app password where you would enter your normal password.
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