iMessages on iMac keeps asking for AOL Messages Password

In Messages edit the Account to not have the @AOL.com part if it is an AIM registered Screen Name.

9:13 p.m. Tuesday; July 14, 2015

Hi,

In The Keychain Access App use the App Menu itself and select the First Aid item.

In the panel that shows up check the Login and Keychain Password are synchronized.

Sorry for being late I did not get a reminder of you new post.

8:37 p.m. Sunday; July 26, 2015

I have a solution for you. I experienced the same problem.

1. Open iMessages

2. Messages > Add Account

3. Select "Other Messages Account..."

4. Enter your AIM screen name only (no domain @aol.com) and password.

Hi,

AIM allow several non AIM registered names/IDs as valid Screen Names.

In the case of Apple this includes @mac.com Names (All whether they are still in use, were trail account with Apple originally or are lapsed paid for accounts).

Any @me.com that has been linked to iCloud to keep it active. (MobileMe di have Trial Accounts but you had to manually close them before being charged if you di not want them. Lapsed paid for ones also no longer work as Apple IDs and therefore don't work as AIM Screen Names as well).

Any iCloud linked account. This could be an @me.com name or @icloud.com names that were issued later.

These will all work on Messages only and the last version of iChat 6.

The update to iChat was where the check with Apple Server AND the AIM servers at the same time was started to check the Login is valid.

This means all these no longer work in iChat 1 through 5 and the earlier version of iChat 6 as these versions only rely on logging into AIM and the AIM server checking the Apple Servers only which is no longer allowed.

My First reply back on July 14th had already mentioned your solution when the Original Poster then cam back and said they were using an @mac.com name.

8:36 pm Thursday; November 5, 2015

I had this problem. But I never had an AIM account. For some reason the messages app went looking for a non-existent AIM account (and password) as default.

If this is the case for you... do the following

Go to (in the messages app) top left under "Messages" go to preferences and click on it.

Click on the iMessages account. Enable the account by clicking on and inputting a checkmark in the box "Enable this account."

then input your apple id.

The AIM account for some reason had begun coming up as active and asking for an id. So under the AIM account on the same screen disable this account by clicking on (and therefore disabling) the "Enable this account" box.

Hope this helps.

THANK YOU!!!!! I had the same problem and this worked for me