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mail password not recognized in Mail application

My Mail application kept asking for the password and did not recognized the correct password. I ended up deleting that account in mail, deleting that item in keychain, changed my password on the web and deleted my mail preferences I found. I then tried to add the account back and I get a message "Unable to verify account name or password." Any suggestions on what I can do?

Posted on Mar 20, 2021 2:48 PM

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Posted on Mar 20, 2021 4:15 PM

Many eMail Providers now require an ppm Password...


Ways to securely access AOL Mail…

https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in


Or it may just need an App Password...

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB


Yahoo has gone to this too...

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/access-yahoo-mail-third-party-apps-sln15241.html

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Mar 20, 2021 4:15 PM in response to MikeGinLA

Many eMail Providers now require an ppm Password...


Ways to securely access AOL Mail…

https://help.aol.com/articles/allow-apps-that-use-less-secure-sign-in


Or it may just need an App Password...

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/185833?hl=en-GB


Yahoo has gone to this too...

https://help.yahoo.com/kb/access-yahoo-mail-third-party-apps-sln15241.html

mail password not recognized in Mail application

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