AOL mail not working on iPhone

I have retrieved my folders by deleting my account and adding it again. Now I can't send mail. I can receive it, but the outgoing mailbox says cannot send mail the password is incorrect.

Any help out there. This has been a frustrating two weeks.

I had the same problem. Then it started working all of a sudden a couple weeks after I was able to receive mail. You would think that these BILLION dollar companies would have a quick fix for something that they are responsible for doing.

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I just had this same problem happen to my aol account on my 6 plus. I have deleted the account and then added it back but cannot get it to connect. I have no problem with downloading the app to use going forward BUT I have lost all my notes that were associated with that account. I need those back!!! Any ideas?

I have 2 aol accounts, have had them since the year dot. Cannot get one of them on my iPhone but have it on my iPad. Get the inevitable..... password not recognised. I can also use it on my pc which is win7. Trying to keep up but getting on a bit and I find it very frustrating. I think I will go back to pay as you go phone and save myself some money!!!!!

have downloaded the aol mobile app in case that was a problem, in fact have done it about 3 times. Too hot to think any more, many have to hit the gin bottle!!

I have 2 aol accounts, have had them since the year dot. Cannot get one of them on my iPhone but have it on my iPad. Get the inevitable..... password not recognised. I can also use it on my pc which is win7. Trying to keep up but getting on a bit and I find it very frustrating. I think I will go back to pay as you go phone and save myself some money!!!!!

have downloaded the aol mobile app in case that was a problem, in fact have done it about 3 times. Too hot to think any more, many have to hit the gin bottle!!

OMG! Same problem almost. Got phone last year and no problem with mail icon on phone. Then couple of times I could not get on( I have Verizon/aol) I googled what to do-put phone in airplane mode, press both the volume and Power off button at same time. Then power back on andtake out of airplane mode. Well that worked twice.

This week 6 times this happened and other method won't work. Went to Verizon store and he put the aol app on my phone. Then I got it both places. The 2 days later only in aol not the other. Later on both worked( I did nothing to it)!(think Phone is possessed lol) then worked beautifully in both places. Early Evr I g tonight mail icon won't work. Have to see what tomorrow brings. Making me sick. Mon I go

Back to Verizon store. At least I am not the only one. One good thing about AOL app is when you erase on phone it erases on computer.

Anyone have any suggestions.

Thanks. Mine just started to work normal for the past few days now. I swear the phone is possessed lol

But a couple of calls went to voice mail for some reason. Then later others came through. I give up with this. I think it is Apple problem and if it happens again I go to Apple Store near me.

Thanks for your answer

Hi Alice,

This is my 2nd reply to you. I wrote before that mail icon started working for 3 days ok. Well this evening I got that error pop server message again. What a PIA. The only thing I did tonight was download an app to have verizon icon on phone. Personally I hate Verizon but I am sticking with it fir the time being

I have redone the passwords etc with same ones but that did not help either I have to go to Apple.

Glad yours was resolved

Hello ... I was curious if you ever resolved the issue with AOL. I too was having the same exact issue (and AOL has been my main email for 15+ years)

At first I thought I’d been hacked. Then I was so desperate that I was actually considering upgrading to a new phone thinking the problem was internal. For now I’ve downloaded the AOL app and access my mail that way -what a pain- but at least I still have access. Now my yahoo and gmail account are the only accounts that have been successfully added to my “MAIL” account through my iPhone. I can no longer access my AOL that way.

I’m hoping you have a solution to this craziness!!

🏼Gina 🏼

Have you had any luck with the server issue with AOL? I too have been having the exact same problem. I am long time AOL user and now I’m unable to use my standers iPhone MAIL app to access AOL. I can only access it through the AOL app that I had to download. I’ve tried everything and to always comes back with IMAP AOL server error. I even considered getting a new phone just to resolve the issue . With my luck, I’d prob end up with the same issue.

I’m hoping to hear you found out how to resolve this issue!!

Thanks ... Gina 🏼

I've followed everyone's suggestions. Sometimes I can get my AOL mail on my Mail app, sometimes not. Sometimes I can receive but not send, sometimes I can send and not receive. So to be sure I downloaded the AOL app as well. It's annoying. Apple seems to be blaming AOL and AOL seems to be blaming Apple.

When the Verizon store downloaded the AOL icon on my phone mail is coming and going. BUT the icon "mail" that comes with phone is the problem. It works then decides to take a vacation for several hours or even a day. Then miraculously comes back. Yesterday all day gone and today fine. Do I have no clue and I suggest going to the Apple store in person( which eventually I will do) and let one of their tech gurus figure it out

Carol

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Just so your aware AOL mail may not be secure on your device if you do not set up the advanced setting via your phone. If you see a lock when sending an email in the right corner from your phone and tap it and it does not lock your emails are not secure. Also FYI AOL has been putting "email accounts" when viewed on PC that the user did not create. When you go to send mail from PC click the sender and make sure you recognize all email accounts with AOL. shady they are trust me

Also you need two factor on trust me or your account is not secure. Aol does not provide secure servers I called trust me. It says secure when you first log into PC then wait it will say unsecure after a few min. You may be able to "pay" for a secure login

No, sorry to tell you, you were scammed out of $199, AND you gave a criminal access to the data on your computer. And NO, it was not a legit AOL number. You fell for a very common scam that criminal hackers use to steal identities and data (many people fall for it), and they probably still have access to your computer. So you really need to wipe it clean and set it up as if it was new, and don't restore any backups that you may have made after you paid the $199. Also, cancel the credit card that you used, file a fraud report for the $199 (you may get it back) as well as any other credit cards you had saved on your computer. Also change all of the passwords that you may have used with the computer, because the crooks now know them and can access your bank accounts and any other accounts you may have accessed from your computer. You may want to go to a computer repair service if you are not comfortable doing all of this. A reputable one, like Geek Squad or equivalent.

One simple thing you should do right now is go to https://malwarebytes.com and download and install malwarebytes, then run it. It will find any malware that was installed by the criminal hackers. The Home free version is all you need.

If you set up AOL mail correctly it is secure. But that isn't your biggest problem at the moment.