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@ -183,6 +183,7 @@ FairEmail follows all the best practices for an email client as decribed in [thi
* [(108) Can you add permanently delete messages from any folder?](#user-content-faq108)
* [~~(109) Why is 'select account' available in official versions only?~~](#user-content-faq109)
* [(110) Why are (some) messages empty and/or attachments corrupted?](#user-content-faq110)
* [(111) Can you add OAuth authentication?](#user-content-faq111)
[I have another question.](#support)
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To use Outlook or Hotmail with two factor authentication enabled, you need to create an app password.
See [here](https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/12409/microsoft-account-app-passwords-two-step-verification) for the details.
Unfortunately, Outlook and Hotmail do not properly support OAuth for IMAP/SMTP connections, so there is no other way.
Technical background: [MSAL](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-android) is supported for business accounts only
and OAuth requires embedding a client secret in the app.
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@ -1189,7 +1185,6 @@ The following authentication methods are supported and used in this order:
* LOGIN
* PLAIN
* NTLM (untested)
* XOAUTH2 (used when a Google account is selected)
SASL authentication methods, like CRAM-MD5, are not supported
because [JavaMail for Android](https://javaee.github.io/javamail/Android) does not support SASL authentication.
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**(111) Can you add OAuth authentication?**
OAuth authentication requires creating an online (Google, Microsoft, etc) app,
which would make authentication for many people dependent on one account, which is a bad idea.
Google requires requesting special permission for the online app every year and has appeared to be unreliable in granting this permission.
When requested permission for FairEmail, the request was denied with the remark that send permission would be enough, right ...
Outlook and Hotmail do not properly support OAuth for IMAP/SMTP connections.
[MSAL](https://github.com/AzureAD/microsoft-authentication-library-for-android) is supported for business accounts only
and OAuth requires embedding a client secret in the app.
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## Support