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Can no longer connect to Hotmail account

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mchlmcbrd
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Suddenly when trying to connect to hotmail(Outlook) servers I get an error message saying it could not connect to mail server -my email-; the connection was refused. There have been no updates to my knowledge since I was using this software successfully a week or two ago, and I have gone into my hotmail account and copied the exact information on proxy connections to the account.

Suddenly when trying to connect to hotmail(Outlook) servers I get an error message saying it could not connect to mail server -my email-; the connection was refused. There have been no updates to my knowledge since I was using this software successfully a week or two ago, and I have gone into my hotmail account and copied the exact information on proxy connections to the account.

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mchlmcbrd
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Yes, I am on the latest update currently 52.1.1

Matt
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done the settings update to outlook.com? See https://thunderbirdtweaks.blogspot.com.au/2016/06/hotmail-proxy-errors.html