This is why I don't want to lose the emails (25 years worth). I started this account in the late 1990s when I first started working in IT. Something has changed on either the Mac side or the Hotmail Server side which has broken this long term connectivity - It is a tech/support issue not a user issue. I have tried to set this account up as IMAP and as an exchange service (all of which I have used on other occasions effectively but now they all fail). I have tried changing the servers POP and SMPT to the latest ones used in the OUTLOOK website recommendations (the ones I see when I access this hotmail email account through a browser). All other devices (and I have many that use this account) have and are using the same password. I.e The password is fine, the password has been changed just in case (and new one is fine too) and the account is active. I tried all those things as explained in my original posting. I realise I could use time machine to recover messages but that is tedious and slow.Īnyone got Hotmail working under the latest Max OS X (el Cap) Mac Mail? What settings are you using please? Can not risk deleting and re-adding this account.

I don't want to lose all my old emails as they are in multiple work folders with other emails from other servers. I deleted all old keychain passwords for 'hotmail' and 'live', just in case. I can access it in browser so account is fine too. It still works on the iphone 4, so I know the password is fine. If you try to use 'Other eMail', it still can not verify the password. I have not been able to set it up as other, IMAP or Outlook Exchange. The pop3 account has been changed to on the Mac. When I enter it I get a message that it can not verify the user and password.

Recently my Mac Mail has been continuously asking for my hotmail account password.

Mail on mac keeps asking for password