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Why am I unable to add my AOL mail accounts to Mail?

Why am I unable to add my AOL mail accounts to Mail?


iMac, OS X 10.11

Posted on Jul 31, 2021 11:22 AM

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Hi imarockabillyfan,

Welcome to the Apple Community.


Wondering what you have already tried, and why you can't add the account to Mail.

Maybe you got an error message ... that could suggest the reason, and the solution.


There is a "Related Article" link from Apple Support above your question on this discussion page:

The article may help you troubleshoot.

or

You may want to follow the steps in this article from Apple support:

Add or remove email accounts in Mail on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mail/mail35803/mac


Hope this helps :)






Posted on Jul 31, 2021 9:36 PM

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Jul 31, 2021 9:36 PM in response to imarockabillyfan

Hi imarockabillyfan,

Welcome to the Apple Community.


Wondering what you have already tried, and why you can't add the account to Mail.

Maybe you got an error message ... that could suggest the reason, and the solution.


There is a "Related Article" link from Apple Support above your question on this discussion page:

The article may help you troubleshoot.

or

You may want to follow the steps in this article from Apple support:

Add or remove email accounts in Mail on Mac

https://support.apple.com/en-au/guide/mail/mail35803/mac


Hope this helps :)






Aug 1, 2021 8:09 PM in response to imarockabillyfan

Hi again, imarockabillyfan,


Thank you for your reply, and for sharing the error message.


Seems your issue may be one of security ... you may need to log-in to your e-mail account at AOL,

and give permission in the settings there, to allow Apple Mail to access the account.


AOL will likely want to verify with you, that it is you granting the access to Mail.


OR

Info. from AOL:

Ways to securely access AOL Mail

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

Why am I unable to add my AOL mail accounts to Mail?

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