AOL Mail and Apple Mail: totally frustrating

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AOL Mail and Apple Mail: totally frustrating

I have three AO: mail accounts, and they have all sync'd well over the years into Apple Mail.

They continue to sync in all my ios devices. However, on my MacMini running High Sierra, I can get only one of the three accounts to sync. The other two consistently say "unable to verify username or password." And, yes, if I use the AOL application, I get to my mail with no problem.

I have gone to my Keychain access over 10 times to remove all old passwords. Still no sync.

Is it me, AOL, or High Sierra?

Mac mini, macOS 10.13

Posted on Feb 17, 2020 11:00 PM

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carlazzomark Author

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Feb 24, 2020 7:16 AM in response to Rudegar

OK. Finally found the solution for MacMail on High Sierra. I went to the AOL home page, logged onto the two AOL accounts I was having problems with, and went into the Security section. Then I chose "generate one-time passcode" for the older App -->MacMail, copied it, and when to MacMail Add Account. Used the one-time password, and I was in, problems solved.

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Rudegar

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Feb 18, 2020 12:44 AM in response to carlazzomark

i have issues with aol just 1 account across the board with mac, ios and windows

with ios I usually have to disable the mail part and reenable it to get it working

yahoo is a bit better

but gmail and hotmail performs the best

icloud mail does not work well with the win10 default build in mail client

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AOL Mail and Apple Mail: totally frustrating

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