It should work - three of my four Hotmail accounts are on outlook.mail and all work fine in Exchange format in eM Client The last one I set up was only a couple of days ago
I’m about out of ideas! there must be something going on at Microsoft’s end with your account. Perhaps try verifying your account Log in to outlook.com in your browser, go to Account settings > Security & Privacy > More security settings, and see if you need to verify.
Its a long shot - I know Avira free doesn’t scan emails, but in case Avira is causing some problem you could try uninstalling Avira free, restart the computer (Windows Defender should kick in), then try again.
Hello Yaroyo,
the Email address field and User Name field need to be the same.
If you see ‘Outlook Mail’ in the top left corner when you login to outlook webmail you should be able to setup your account with Exchange.