John, et al:
After some digging and an hour wasted with Windows Support (who tried
desperately to sell me on Windows Live) which they apparently converted
me to unknowingly, even though I don’t have a subscription, HA!
Here’s what I found:
* The previous existing IMAP server (imap-mail.outlook.com) may work but
be flaky in some environments. It is listed in the basic outlook
settings, still.
* The definitive setting (in my case, without outlook app) in MM and
Mail are the settings [from this
page](https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/pop-imap-and-smtp-settings-for-outlook-com-d088b986-291d-42b8-9564-9c414e2aa040).
* These are not part of MM auto-configuration, nor the MacOS Internet
Account auto-configure, so proceed at your own risk. I used these
settings manually in MM to achieve a reliable server connection, one
that doesn’t continually re-quest a password or deliver a failure to
connect such as I experienced.
* If you have actually got Windows Live apps installed on your Mac, you
should automatically get these setting ported to you (this is according
to my goofy friend and I don’t so YMMV.
* The New Outlook wraps up all or many cloud accounts (including iCloud
into the Windows Cloud and so incorporates everything there. Good Luck!
Anyway, I think I’m good, for now. Also set up Web Mail in Outlook,
which brings in more adware, BTW. Not planning to use it anymore. They
offer an ad-free version $$. Things are changing at M$. Caveat Emptor.
Respectfully,
Henry Seiden
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Techworks Pro Co.
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On 25 Jan 2024, at 10:30, Henry Seiden wrote:
Thanks, John. I’ll give that a try.
I have already checked on Microsoft’s support pages and verified
that for “normal” and/or previous Outlook, my settings are
correct.
However, there is a question of the “New Outlook” on Windows Live
accounts, It’s one that MailMate defaults when auto configuring for
unknown reasons. That Server total fails for me and the old settings
are flaky. I do NOT have a subscription Windows Live account, though,
to my knowledge.
Microsoft, being what/who they are, have little if any support on this
question that I can find. But will pursue identifying what kind of
account I have and how this may impact logging in.
Respectfully,
Henry Seiden
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Techworks Pro Co.
E: info<at>techworkspro<dot>com
W: http://techworkspro.com
On 25 Jan 2024, at 10:20, John Cooper wrote:
I'm no Outlook expert, but it strikes me that you've tried a lot of
tweaking of MailMate, but haven't done much on the Outlook side. Have
you tried logging into Outlook via the Web, confirming its settings,
resetting its password, and so on?
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