I think that hotmail doesn’t use the old IMAP pwd anymore — you need an app‑password from the security page. once you make that little one‑off code, drop it into the iphone mail setup and it’ll go through, seen this so many times on new devices…
I can't find out my IMAP hotmail password
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Luke Streatfeild
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I can't find out my IMAP hotmail password and I need it to set up mail on my new iphone - can you help?
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