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Mail won't sign in to msn account since they switched to outlook. on iPhone, when setting up new account, I can select outlook as an option - and that worked. on iMac OS X sierra, there's no outlook option. I tried "other mail account" but that doesn't work. any suggestions?
Thanks!
iMac with Retina 5K display, iOS 10.1.1
this has solved the issue for me.
App passwords and two-step verification
Other account allows you to manually enter the criteria, do you have the MSN account details.
I thought so...but it says unable to verify account name or password. I set up outlook on phone and iPad and it works fine...so I have the right password...
And the servers and ports in use?
I didn't have to enter these on phone. they show up on iMac as imap-mail.outlook.com and smtp-mail.outlook.com No clue if these are right...
You also need to set the proper security and ports as Csound1 said.
Incoming (IMAP) Server
Outgoing (SMTP) Server
That makes sense if MSN accounts are now being serviced by Outlook's servers, but MS have changed them so often recently I honestly don't know whats right anymore. It is more likely to be a port issue, so call MS and find out the ports used for the account.
when setting up an "other email" account, those options you list don't appear. All i see is account type - IMAP, incoming server and outgoing server. There is no advanced button, just cancel and back.
You need to trick the wizard, put your email address in but put an incorrect password to go with it. Failure will be followed by manual setup. All these options can be entered there.
No - I get the same limited window mentioned above... I emailed msn to get their input... Thanks for trying. any idea why outlook is an option on phone iOS but not MacOS?
My MSN mail stopped working today on imac running Sierra. Phone is fine. Seems I have the same problem. Has anyone figured it out? Thank you.
I just had this problem and solved it with this...
The full steps are:
Hope this helps!
Everyone seems to be having this problem with MSN/Hotmail all of a sudden. I tried this suggestion, and it just shows a red dot next to the account in the Mail App, and says "offline".
It seems there's two issues here -
1. The longer term one of Mail not recognising a msn.com domain name, which my previous reply fixed (at least for me) 2. The other problem is the syncing, which is a current issue at Microsoft:
https://portal.office.com/servicestatus
Title: Can't access or synchronize Outlook.com email
User Impact: Users may be unable to access or synchronize their Outlook.com accounts while using applications or mobile devices.
More info: While we're focused on remediation, users may be able to access the service by logging in to their Outlook.com accounts with a web browser as an alternative method.
Current status: We've identified the cause of the issue and we're preparing a fix to be deployed to the affected infrastructure.
Start time: Thursday, November 17, 2016, at 12:00 AM UTC
Next update by: Wednesday, November 23, 2016, at 2:00 AM UTC
Adding @msn.com account on Mac OS X sierra
