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    From RecentlyOrLately@21:1/5 to All on Thu Dec 9 08:23:06 2021
    WIN XP PRO UP TO DATE
    THUNDERBITD V 38.0 SAYS UP TO DATE

    I have several email accounts set up on Thunderbird on this PC.

    Tying to add a hotmail.com account that I already have set up on another
    pc running Thunderbird. It is active on this other PC.

    TBird says it cannot set it up on this pc.
    I verified the email address and the password.

    "THUNDERBIRD FAILED TO FIND SETTINGS FOR YOUR ACCOUNT."

    Install defaults to
    IMAP .hotmail.com Auto Autodetect autodetect

    What to do ?

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  • From Ciaran Bulloch@21:1/5 to RecentlyOrLately on Thu Dec 9 19:52:26 2021
    RecentlyOrLately wrote:

    WIN XP PRO UP TO DATE
    THUNDERBITD V 38.0   SAYS UP TO DATE

    The latest version of Thunderbird for XP SP3 is version 52.9.1.

    <https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/52.9.1/system-requirements/>


    You need XP SP3 with update KB2763674 to install Thunderbird 52.9.1
    directly.

    INFOS: <https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/get-latest-version-thunderbird-windows-xp-vista>
    TB 52.9.1: <https://download-installer.cdn.mozilla.net/pub/thunderbird/releases/52.9.1/win32/en-US/>



    I have several email accounts set up on Thunderbird on this PC.

    Tying to add a hotmail.com account that I already have set up on another
    pc running Thunderbird.  It is active on this other PC.

    TBird says it cannot set it up on this pc.
    I verified the email address and the password.

    "THUNDERBIRD FAILED TO FIND SETTINGS FOR YOUR ACCOUNT."

    Install defaults to
    IMAP .hotmail.com Auto Autodetect autodetect

    What to do ?


    IIRC Thunderbird 38 should have an option to set the account settings
    manually. Copy the settings from your other PC running Thunderbird.

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  • From Mayayana@21:1/5 to RecentlyOrLately on Thu Dec 9 20:20:55 2021
    "RecentlyOrLately" <RecentlyOrLately@RecentlyOrLately.com> wrote

    | TBird says it cannot set it up on this pc.
    | I verified the email address and the password.
    |
    | "THUNDERBIRD FAILED TO FIND SETTINGS FOR YOUR ACCOUNT."
    |

    You need to tell it that you want to set it up manually. TBird
    is a pain that way. It tries to set things up automatically and
    then just refuses to add the account when it fails. But somewhere
    along the way there's an option to just tell it to shut up and
    let you do it. I just don't recall the exact steps.

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