Please fix your POP3 servrs
since the last few days I have not been able to log in with Thunderbird!
Jaffar Annab
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GLENN MAYER
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Also could not get mail in Outlook - is coming to my phone with no issues and the mail.aol.com interface is also working fine.
I generated an APP PASSWORD as noted below - Account Info-> Account Security->App Password
Updated my Outlook password to the APP PASSWORD and all is well now.
Even so - WHAT'S THE STORY AOL? My wife's account still works fine through Outlook without these gymnastics. Consistency is the name of the game my friends. Try it sometime.
GRRRRR!
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Paul Snyder
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cannot get mail in Outlook ,Then downloaded Thunderbird- also could not connect. Seems to be a server issue and I get a message "contact Internet Service provider" . That's you AOL. Whats going on?
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Ryan Storme
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resovled. gennerate a temp app password. don't copy it ,just type in NO spaces.
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Ryan Storme
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Unable to connect to email through Outlook 2016(Verizon email) . mail setting are correct,use name,pw are correct. I need this fixed ASAP as this is my primary account all my bills come to.
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PopVerizonUser
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I have resolved this on my system.
In thunderbird for @verizon.net using pop, to resolve downloading messages I've updated "authentication method" to be "OAuth2". This resolved the receiving of emails.
To resolve the sending email problem, I had to create an application password in AOL (following this link, https://help.aol.com/articles/Create-and-manage-app-password, section "Generate an app password"). Once generated, note it down in a safe location, then attempt to send a test email. Upon clicking send, you will be prompted for a password, enter password generated in the previous step and check the box to save to thunderbird's password manager. This password will only be used when sending, but by saving the password, it should allow for seamless sending of emails.
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Suzanne Shiffman
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I have been using Thunderbird for over 20 years to access my verizon.net email. All of a suudden on January 4, 2022 it stopped working. What happenend? How do I get access to my email back?
Suzanne Shiffman
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MICHAEL MILLER
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Thunderbird user. Cannot get connectivity. verizon.net user.
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MURALI RAO
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Using an app password for Outlook fixed the pop server timeout issue. Thanks to all who mentioned the app password. App password can be generated in aol account info, account security, app password. The password has to be typed in exactly, with spaces, copy paste did not work. Once switched to app password, there is no going back to the personal password in Outlook. Aol mail web interface will still need the personal password. The app password is for the mail app only.
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Danny CAMPBELL
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stopped working for outlook again on 1-5-2022 and still not working on 1-6-2022.
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ERIC FULLERTON
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Done what I could on my end, updated Thunderbird, changed my password in case it no longer met the complexity requirements. I really need this cleared up, my only other option is to change all the important senders to another Email address, and that is a lot of time and work.
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marilyn adams
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I am beside myself to discover that I Verizon/Aol hasn't forwarded messages to my computer or laptop since December 16!!!!! Many messages are on the server, but I can't figure out anyway to get them sent to my Apple Mail inboxes. Apple Mail keep saying "Unable to verify user name or password." I am both relieved and upset to see how widespread this problem is. It's going on 3 weeks!! Does anybody know what's up or when it will be fixed???
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Paul Konstant
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A work-around for Thunderbird:
Create a new Thunderbird account using their instructions for switching from POP to IMAP: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/switch-pop-imap-accountIncoming server: imap.aol.com SSL port 993 (NOTE: this isn't the default)
SMTP Server: smtp.aol.com SSL port 465Authentication Method - OAuth2 (which will open AOL web page dialog)
I hope this helps someone
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GUSTAV LARSSON
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I can ping smtp.verizon.net, but not pop.verizon.net. Been happening since Dec 22 or so. What gives? Would like not to use the web interface, and have 10+ years of email stored & organized in Thunderbird folders.
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Rick Allen
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My problem with Outlook seemed to begin on Dec. 23. Indicating error 0X800 CCCOE. I have unsuccessfully attempted to fix it per instructions on the internet but it is still not working.
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JAMES BITGOOD
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I called the AOL 800-358-4860 number to try to get email going thru Thunderbird again. "Steven" took me thru the "password.aol.com" steps to generate a 1-time password to get connected. It did work, and downloaded 170 emails in my AOL account. I thought it was all working. My mistake! When I tried to send an email, it did not go anywhere. I had to get another 1-time password to be able to send that msg. Now I have sent 2 test msgs to myself. Both have gone out, but neither has come back to Thunderbird. They are sitting in the AOL browser page. Do I have to go get a new 1-time password every time I start Thunderbird? Why does AOL not like 3rd party mail tools? I know they don't, I could pick that up from "Steven's" attitude.
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MARY CREAGER
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You really are ****, i lost my thunderbird email, where all my invoices for business are. I tried to make folder here, but as i do in your program lending tree shows up in the new folder. There is no move email to button. Wake up if your ending worikng with real email programs you really should have improved yours first
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JEANNE HENRY
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Years ago, Verizon dumped all their verizon.net email customers onto AOL, and so we have had to jump through hoops to even download our emails. Now, verizon.net servers (smtp.verizon.net) have timed out for about a week now, and therefore I cannot download my email from AOL, nor can I sent emails from my email application (seamonkey). I have reset all the parameters as AOL has instructed, but the verizon server still times out. I think this smtp.verizon.net timeout is intentional, so that I will be forced to go straight to the internet AOL link to read my emails, and since the AOL email application sucks, I hate having to use it just to read my verizon.net emails.
Therefore, as soon as I can find a workable alternative to the sorry AOL email app, I will be dropping AOL LIKE A HOT POTATO!. -
CHRISTOPHER COLOVOS
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Add me to the list of people who cannot access my verizion.net email through Outlook. It was working perfectly after the last time it did this up until December 15, 2021. What are my our next steps?
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Michael Doughten
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Cannot access my verizon.net email on Thunderbird or my IOS devices.
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DONALD MALPASS
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FIX THE BLOODY POP.VERIZON.NET and SMTP.VERIZON.NET SERVER SOFTWARE. Paying-users are held ******* wondering why they suddenly can't receive/send email, whether anybody is doing anything about it, and why there are no useful HELP options provided by AOL.. AOL's "support" of Verizon.net users is pitiful.