I recently had some issues with my old Hotmail account where Microsoft was constantly saying that it detected an incorrect password so I had to use the captha image. This happened two or three times  day. Figuring that it was time to change to and @outlook.com address I deleted all my devices that were connecting to my Hotmail account (and yes, they all used the correct password), and I set forwarding to a new @outlook.com account. I then proceeded to connect my iPhone, iPad, office computer (through Outlook), and home computer (also through Outlook) to my new @outlook.com account. I also have a security system which emails which is also connected to my @outlook.com account. Everything seemed to be working fairly well after verifying my account as requested. The next day I was asked

Hello Txxx xxxxxxxx,

To continue sending messages, please sign in and validate your Outlook.com account.

This helps us stop automated programs from sending junk email.

Thanks for your help and patience!

The Outlook.com Team

I did as asked. Then the next day, I received the same email, and so on. This is getting really annoying to the point where Google email is starting to look pretty good.