If your wife saw the message from TalkTalk advising "Our records show that you are still accessing your email using unencrypted email settings, because of this you will no longer be able to receive or send emails via this email app or software" then the email address receiving that notification has been limited to webmail only access as a last resort action by TalkTalk to stop the use of insecure email.
Mailboxes are being notified in batches. Your mailbox is also at risk.
TalkTalk Mail webmail is secure by design using an up to date Internet browser.
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Enter your full TalkTalk Mail email address and password, select Sign in.
You will be able to get email access restored to email apps or software including mail collection services, passwords will then re-authenticate, so long as you're ready to use up to date and secure email settings for all the ways you view emails. We can advise on device and software compatibility and provide customer setup guides. Just let us know each mail collection service, each device, its operating system and email software including version that are in current use.
Please ask your wife to cease using Outlook 2007 and you to cease using Outlook 2010. Both are inherently insecure deprecated products that do not receive security updates and do not support the required secure encryption. They are the culprits that will have got the mailbox limited to webmail only access.
The upgrade path is to Windows Mail that is part of the package of Windows 10. Or for a paid upgrade there's Outlook 2016 - Outlook 365 or a free email client like Thunderbird or BlueMail that look similar to the classic style of Outlook.
For a definitive check of settings take screenshots of the incoming and outgoing server settings, image edit to obscure the first part of the email address and upload here using the Camera icon (desktop browser) or Picture icon (mobile browser) above this reply area.
When you confirm the secure settings are ready I can request TalkTalk Support to restore full access. TalkTalk Support will respond here and access will be restored usually within a couple of working days.
Prepare for TalkTalk Support - include in the Community Profile (not in these public posts):
Email account holder name
Scroll down to Private notes to add the email address(es)
and TalkTalk or MailPlus customer account number
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