imac Mail cannot verify account

Suddenly my emails using my hotmail account in mail stopped being sent on my Imac. THere was no problem on Ipad or Iphone

I tried restarting mail and reentering password but that did not solve problem

I have now deleted Hotmail account from mail but when trying to reinstall it I am getting a message saying account cannot be verified

Can anyone help please

iMac 27″, macOS 12.4

Posted on Jul 13, 2022 4:30 AM

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ku4hx

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Jul 13, 2022 4:37 AM in response to Kenshare

Sounds like a Microsoft server problem to me. I have an Outlook account but never use it because it's so flakey.

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