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Old 05-23-2021, 11:40 AM
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Originally Posted by JoelJohnson View Post
Use your area code then 555-1212 That will do it.
BTW that's the number for information.
...if trying to set up a new Outlook account, if you do that, you will not be able to set up the account. It'll be rejected. Why? Because Microsoft will send a code to that phone number, and whoever answers the call/text has to be able to input that code to the new outlook account.

I'll repeat this for y'all in the back row:

IF you are opening a new Microsoft/Outlook Account, you MUST put in a valid phone number.
IF you already have a Microsoft/Outlook account, then at some point in your life, you had already put a valid phone number in.
If you are NOT trying to open a Microsoft/Outlook account, they don't need your number for anything at all.

Outlook is a Microsoft product. If you create a new Outlook mail account, you are using, or opening, a Microsoft account to do so.