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Hi,

I am getting

Error (Oauth2 error Reset Oauth2 pp://OAuth2?.....)

on Microsoft accounts for the 2nd or 3rd time.
The interval looks to be every 3 (or so) month.
Why is this happening?
Is there anything to do to fix this?
Thanks.

I can't 100% confirm the every 3 months for MS accounts, but it sounds right. The reason it's hard for me to confirm that is (a) I'm always testing accounts so I can't remember when I last did it for a particular account in a particular configuration and (b) having to re-oauth isn't a memorable experience for me since I allow my browser to save my login (meaning: if I didn't do that, then it would certainly be more exasperating and I would probably pay more attention to how often it really happens; as it is, it's just something I have to do every ~3 months and takes ~10 seconds for each outlook account).

Why is it happening? You'd have to ask Microsoft. My guess is that they want to ensure that the user logging in is legitimate. Probably proprietary reasons, too.

Is there anything you can do? You can use an app password instead:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/acc ... f2979a7944

G**gle should take note of MS's guide. On the flip side, it looks like for MS app-passwords, you can't name them and if you want to delete one app-password, you have to delete all app-passwords.


I'm pretty sure that Yahoo used to require re-oauth2 at about the same frequency. I don't think they do anymore (but again, the explanation above clouds my memory). fwiw.

Thanks for answering.
Not really much fun, but looks like it's going to stay.
IIRC, Yahoo indeed required "oauth2 refresh", but not sure if they stopped. Will see with time.

Will it be possible to use 3rd-party app password with MS accounts instead of Oauth2?
Is there a direct link to it?
Thanks again

To clarify, it's not a "3rd party" app password; the app passwords are provided by Microsoft themselves.

There's a link to creating the app-password in the link I provided earlier; but the link provides a lot more contextual information. Here's the same link:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/acc ... f2979a7944
Look for the blue button, "create password".

Thanks again.