Sending, receiving, and organizing email in Outlook.com
If email works on the laptop but not on the mobile device, the account itself is not fully unavailable. The supported steps are:
- Check whether the mobile app is asking for the password again.
- On iPhone or iPad: Settings > Mail > Accounts > select the Outlook account.
- If Account not authenticated appears, open Account Settings or the Password field, enter the current Microsoft account password, then tap Done.
- Open the Mail app and confirm mail sync and sending work again.
- If the Outlook.com account was temporarily blocked because of unusual sign-in activity, reset the password to unblock it.
- Outlook.com accounts can be temporarily blocked after unusual sign-in activity.
- To unblock the account, reset the password.
- If the password is correct but sign-in still fails, recover the account:
- Enter the email address, phone number, or Skype name used to sign in.
- Choose where to receive the security code.
- Enter the code.
- Set a new password.
- Avoid repeated code or recovery requests.
- Excessive or repetitive requests can cause Microsoft to temporarily stop sending verification codes.
- Check whether mailbox or cloud storage is full.
- If Outlook.com mailbox or Microsoft cloud storage is full, sending and receiving email can stop.
- If sign-in still does not work, use the Microsoft account sign-in helper or the Outlook.com support options.
- Unblock my Outlook.com account | Microsoft Support
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