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Adding PASSWORDLESS email account to Thunderbird (PC)?

adelphiaUK
adelphiaUK
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I have an MS email account which is passwordless and only uses fingerprint/passkey authentication.

How do I get TB to use this security method to gain access to my email? Currently, every time I try to add the email address/account, it asks for a password, which obviously I don't have.

adelphiaUK (Chris)

Please excuse misspellings and anything that may not make sense or cause offence as the medication I take can have an adverse effect on my mind.

I have an MS email account which is '''passwordless''' and '''only''' uses ''fingerprint/passkey authentication''. How do I get TB to use this security method to gain access to my email? Currently, every time I try to add the email address/account, '''''it asks for a password''''', which obviously I don't have. '''adelphiaUK (Chris)''' ''Please excuse misspellings and anything that may not make sense or cause offence as the medication I take can have an adverse effect on my mind.''

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Ed
Ed
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Passkey isn't supported yet.

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1864917

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adelphiaUK
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Ed said
Passkey isn't supported yet. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1864917

Oh. That's a bummer.

I guess I'll need to do what I've done with other accounts and that is create a password, log in and allow access to my account and then enable passwordless. All this seems to work, at least it has on all my other accounts.

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