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not able to add hotmailaccount

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when I try to add a hotmail account, everything goes well untill I get the message "configuration can't be verified - wrong username or password ?" But I am sure I used the correct username and password !

Hopefully you can help me to install my hotmail accounts to Thunderbird

Thnx

when I try to add a hotmail account, everything goes well untill I get the message "configuration can't be verified - wrong username or password ?" But I am sure I used the correct username and password ! Hopefully you can help me to install my hotmail accounts to Thunderbird Thnx

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disable email scanning in your anti virus program and make sure it is set to allow full access to the internet to Thunderbird

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Okay, will do.....but I had no problems adding other e-mail accounts ? Gmail for example gave no problems what so ever ?

But I will check my anti virus

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Another thought... do you get have two factor authentication enabled at hotmail? You get a SMS with the key when you log in?

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No, I don't get a textmessage when I log in to my hotmail account