Mail is not working with my AOL account after installing Sonoma

I have an M1 2020 MacBook Air. Mail was working fine until I installed Sonoma. Now I get no AOL mail. Google Mail is working.

I deleted AOL mail and reinstalled it. No good.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 14.0

Posted on Oct 7, 2023 8:47 AM

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Deb-1957

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Posted on Jan 10, 2024 10:07 AM

Hopefully you've solved the problem by now but if not -

go to the aol.com sign in and enter your user name and password.
go to the security page and generate a mail app specific password. Call it Mac Mail.
copy and save the password.
Go to Mail on your mac and add account but DON'T click AOL, click other. Enter your verizon.net email address and the app specific password you copied. Enter the info below for incoming/outgoing mail servers:

Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.aol.com

Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.verizon.net

Good luck

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wwsmolka

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Jan 8, 2024 6:57 AM in response to EACr

Just posted it

Jan 8, 2024 2:11 PM in response to wwsmolka

This worked! Thank you so much!

Jan 8, 2024 8:13 PM in response to wwsmolka

wwsmolka’s solution worked. Follow the directions as instructed and the verizon.net/AOL mail will work. Big thanks to wwsmolka!!

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