AOL mail error

I am getting the same message that I can't send an email because my email or password is incorrect.

I am a literal direction follower and am having a bit of trouble with these directions.

I can definitely get into the security page from my computer.

My problem is that since I have had this situation before it looks like I have 3 different aol accounts. It says accounts(3).

That is where I am now stuck. I'm not sure which to click on to generate the app password.

One is the iCloud account and the other has my actual aol email. The other is AOL (says Mail, Notes).

I don't want to mess anything up.

I feel like I need the version of this for "Dummies" and I am stuck.

What do I do?????

UPDATE:

The instructions for, "activated 2-step verification," worked like a charm. I needed to reboot my computer, afterwards; AOL mail is finally working again. Thanks.

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Two factor authentication worked for my iPad and iPhone but not for my macbook pro. The dropdown menu used to Create a Password only had "mac" as a choice not MacBook pro and I used that but my AOL mail still doesn't work : ((

After fixing AOL mail on three devices I'm having an issue receiving mail on my husband's AOL account that's tied to my mail app. I used to be able to get his emails on my mail app but it suddenly stopped working. Is there a way to fix that

I have tried this numerous times. After I copy the generated password and press done, I get a message saying invalid email address. Please enter valid email address. I have put my email address in again where it says add another email and that does not help. Any suggestions as to what I should do next? Please help.

Many thanks,

It appears that you are able to log in to the AOL Mail Website without issues. It also appears that you are able to generate the app-specific password from the AOL Website.

Do you have the AOL account already setup in the Apple Mail app? if YES then all you should need to do is paste that app-specific password in along with your AOL email address as your username.

Axel F.

I just had the same issue crop up a couple of weeks ago. Was getting so frustrated. THANK YOU so much Axel. I turned on two-step verification, generated the app password and then plugged it into the password section in my iPhone and it works now! Again, many thanks!!!!

I've had the same issue since late May, both my iPad and an iPhone won't load new AOL e mail regardless of the number of times I enter the correct password, this is not an issue on my iMac or another iPhone, so I don't know what the problem is. I don't have 2 stage authentication set up and my account has not been hacked. My iPad is 2nd genation (7yrs old) and the iPhone is probably similar age incase this is a reason.

You generated an APP specific password (16 characters) on AOL and entered it in the App on Apple email?

I had difficulty finding it on AOL and finally did a search on Google then logged on from the link.

your password to log onto AIL will not work.

I generated the app password but in settings,mail,account,aol.. there is only my emai listed. I am receiving

emails. But when I send an email to myself from ios mail app it goes to outbox and says

canniot send mail ther server rejected one the recipients 's addresses. the message has been placed in your outbox.

I can receive mails from other sources ion my iphone.

I appreciate you solving this issue so much. I’ve been accessing email thru Safari for the last week because nothing I did was making the aol app function work. It’s beyond me how aol can just throw this new requirement ‘glitch’ out there without a clue as how to get it working. Thank you again. 🤗

This is just brilliant! I’m so grateful for this. Thank you. Apologies for the uneducated question, but the ‘bin’ next to the name of the app in Manage app passwords, would that allow you to delete and change a password, or does it do something else? Many thanks once again!

Axel, you are a wizard! I have been trying to fix this for weeks! No one seemed to know anything about it but you! I cannot believe AOL did this to their loyal users without any notification! It is now fixed on both my iPhone and my iPad and I can smile once again! Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊

Hi Axel,

I am trying to ADD my aol account to my iPhone and iPad using your instructions (separate app passwords for them) and get an error on both of them that says "Cannot Connect Using SSL , Do you want to try setting up with account without SSL?" Any thoughts?

AOL is a preset option in the Apple Mail app in IOS and iPadOS. Once you enter your full AOL email address to set the account up, then all you need to enter is your app-specific password. The Secure Socket Layer (SSL) should therefore be preset and work as is. I would recommend that you ensure that the copy/pasting of the app specific password is done correctly.

Axel F.

When I got to the mail app or settings and I click on AOL and try to enter my full email and the app-specific password it says my password is invalid. If I select "Other" at the bottom of the email list providers and try to enter the app specific password there is where I get the SSL error. If I delete the app specific password from my desktop and try to enter my normal login credentials when it goes to verify it just takes me right back to the page with the list of all the major mail providers. I have reset my network settings and that has not done anything. It is doing the exact same thing on my iPad. I do have LastPass and am not curious if that is causing an issue. This is incredibly frustrating.