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2 Aug 2023, 04:06 AM | #16 |
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Any updates on how AOL mail service has evolved lately?
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2 Aug 2023, 09:26 AM | #17 |
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2 Aug 2023, 11:25 AM | #18 |
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AOL and yahoo email are the same. Same front end, same backend. Same sh.t. . They cannot solve the issue of generating application password for a half a year. Users complain on account locks even if user enters correct password. Email collection from external accounts has been removed.
Aol.com, yahoo.com and myyahoo.com are domains of the same email service. |
3 Aug 2023, 09:29 AM | #19 |
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AOL = A bit Of Lost
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3 Aug 2023, 03:17 PM | #20 |
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With my account, I use @AIM.com instead of @AOL.com .
AIM = AOL Instant Messenger You may want to check if the alias works for you too. [addendum] "use" may not be the correct word. The only correspondence to my account are test messages that I send to myself. Last edited by CyberSmurf : 3 Aug 2023 at 03:23 PM. Reason: add addendum |
4 Aug 2023, 04:47 AM | #21 | |
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15-20 years ago @aol.com was an email for paid AOL accounts and @aim.com was allocated to AIM Instant Messenger users. And before this (2000-2003) all AIM Messenger users got address @netscape.net, but you cannot register @netscape.net anymore I still have this email xxx@netscape.net. It is actually the alias of xxx@aol.com, the same as xxx@aim.com. Last edited by RFK : 4 Aug 2023 at 04:53 AM. |
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4 Aug 2023, 06:34 PM | #22 |
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I can still use my @netscape.net, @aim.com and @aol.com email addresses, just tested them, still good.
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5 Aug 2023, 06:53 AM | #23 | |
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6 Aug 2023, 11:57 AM | #24 | |
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6 Aug 2023, 12:53 PM | #25 |
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My aol.de, aol.co.uk still can be accessed.
But @aolchina.com closed. |
7 Aug 2023, 04:44 AM | #26 |
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Ya maybe it will be back.... The page says they are working on it......
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7 Aug 2023, 08:56 AM | #27 | |
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Suppose a user has a mobile email app and when the user wants to Add an account, maybe one of his AOL account to this mobile app, he is offered some choices to say which PROVIDER is of the account. AOL is one of those listed providers. QUESTION: Would the user not need to generate an app specific password for the AOL account to be put onto this mobile app? |
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7 Aug 2023, 12:58 PM | #28 | |
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But if you use Outlook on PC, then you need to generate app password because MS Outlook doesn't support oauth2 of Yahoo and AOL except, may be, latest version. |
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7 Aug 2023, 02:45 PM | #29 |
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for PC you can use thunderbird which supports oauth for AOL mail.
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7 Aug 2023, 05:24 PM | #30 |
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Not seem to be so. I tried using Thunderbird a few days ago and some problem with one of the accounts; I believe an AOL, but I'll have to go back and check on it again (unless I removed the account). I have a new account (Yahoo) I might try using just to test it on T-bird.
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