{"id":1578,"date":"2022-08-03T19:10:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.binarybits.net\/?p=1578"},"modified":"2022-08-03T19:12:25","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T13:42:25","slug":"outlook-password-not-working-on-thunderbird","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.binarybits.net\/outlook-password-not-working-on-thunderbird\/","title":{"rendered":"Outlook password not working on Thunderbird"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
When configuring Thunderbird with Outlook 365 account, the password fails when using IMAP account type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I use multi factor authentication and hence this is little difficult than using plain old password. The following configuration is the recommended method across almost all articles in the Internet, but still the password will fail. There is a solution which I came across in the forums, which worked for me and I’m documenting it here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now try adding the account in Thunderbird and most probably this should resolve the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For me the app password didn’t work but the above with OAuth worked!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
When configuring Thunderbird with Outlook 365 account, the password fails when using IMAP account type. I use multi factor authentication and hence this is little difficult than using plain old password. The following configuration is the recommended method across almost all articles in the Internet, but still the password will fail. There is a solution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[292,73],"tags":[291,230,323,322,321],"yoast_head":"\n