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setting up email account with 2FA

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Michael
Michael

Dear all,

I am trying to set up an email account that uses Microsoft Azure 2FA. I have picked the server name outlook.office365.out, connection security STARTTLS and Authentication OAuth2. Yet when TB tries to connect to https://login.microsoftonline.com a browser (Firefox? Chrome? it is actually not clear to me which one it is) opens up complaining that I would not allow cookies although, in both browsers, they are enabled. On a previous machine, a similar setup was no problem. Any help on getting to the MS login page is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

I am running TB 91.5.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. Firefox is version 97.0, Chrome 98.0.4758.102.

Best, Michael

Dear all, I am trying to set up an email account that uses Microsoft Azure 2FA. I have picked the server name outlook.office365.out, connection security STARTTLS and Authentication OAuth2. Yet when TB tries to connect to https://login.microsoftonline.com a browser (Firefox? Chrome? it is actually not clear to me which one it is) opens up complaining that I would not allow cookies although, in both browsers, they are enabled. On a previous machine, a similar setup was no problem. Any help on getting to the MS login page is greatly appreciated. Thanks! I am running TB 91.5.0 on Ubuntu 20.04.4 LTS. Firefox is version 97.0, Chrome 98.0.4758.102. Best, Michael

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Allow cookies in Thunderbird. That browser that opens is Tbird's internal browser.

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Stans
Stans

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Allow cookies in Thunderbird. That browser that opens is Tbird's internal browser.

Michael
Michael Question owner

Solved! Thanks for this, Stans! I did not realise there was an internal browser. I have now added an exception to the cookie options in Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Web Content.