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DUO 2-factor authentication

Geoff Fosgate
Geoff Fosgate
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I am hoping that someone can help me with this issue. I am not very tech savvy and I am trying to use Thunderbird to access my university email that employs two factor authentication using the DUO app. I found some configuration suggestions online and things have worked for me to receive emails but they will not send. Does anyone have any advice concerning this issue? Thanks.

I am hoping that someone can help me with this issue. I am not very tech savvy and I am trying to use Thunderbird to access my university email that employs two factor authentication using the DUO app. I found some configuration suggestions online and things have worked for me to receive emails but they will not send. Does anyone have any advice concerning this issue? Thanks.
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sfhowes
sfhowes
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Have you tried with the authentication set to OAuth2, for incoming and outgoing? That's standard for MS accounts (hotmail, outlook.com, O365 etc.).

james.stegall
james.stegall
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For anyone else who comes across trying to access their email using DUO authentication, following sfhowes advice and switching to Oauth2 as the authentication method worked for me.