AOL Mail sync with Windows 10

Anonymous
2020-08-26T09:07:10+00:00

I've had an e-mail from AOL saying that from 20 October they are no longer supporting third party access such as Windows 10 as they may not be secure and to sign in directly via the web or their app.

I'm disappointed with this action as it means I don't have access on the Windows platform which I find is great and simple to use, so is there any way I can still continue to access my e-mails using Windows 10 after October or will they now be blocked.

Hope you can persuade AOL to change their minds. 

Regards

Bryan Monkman

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Accessibility

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  1. Anonymous
    2020-12-18T20:25:52+00:00

    Yes, resolved. Bought a new computer.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-02-12T15:49:10+00:00

    SOLVED problem with Windows Mail app  and  AOL email  access:

    Here are the steps I took to allow me to access AOL emails via WIndows Mail  after AOL required new authentication in 2020.

    Essentially, you will let AOL generate a password for you to enter into your Windows Mail app. It was a set of 16 letters, such as this example:  XUHO PSIY BBWF ZLKM.  This is not the same password you'll use to login to AOL, but a special password to authenticate your third party email reader (Windows Mail in this case) with AOL. 

    From my memory, the basics are thus: 

    1.   Go to www.aol.com  and login 

    2.    Go to AOL Account Security and follow instructions for gaining access to you AOL security settings. 

      Look for an item allowing access to third party email apps. 

    3.   Select that Mail app that you use from a drop down menu. Note: Windows Mail will be "OTHER"

    4.   AOL will generate a password for you to enter into  Window Mail account settings. Copy the AOL now generated password, then navigate to your Windows Mail app AOL account settings,  and paste the AOL-generated password into your email app password field.

    Your AOL emails should now populate within the Windows Mail app.

    The process from Dag57 worked perfectly for me.

    Backstory:

    Outlook had been complaining that my credentials were out of date

    Windows Mail did not work either.

    It kept on asking me for my password which I entered a zillion times without success.

    Here are the steps that I used:

    Log into Myaccount.aol.com

    Then...

    My profile

    Change password

    Generate App Password

    Select App

    (in my case Outlook Desktop)

    [A password will be presented to you]

    Start outlook and wait for the complaint screen/pop-up
    Copy the password provided above and put it into outlook.

    Force a Send/Receive from outlook and enjoy reading your mail.

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  5. Anonymous
    2021-02-13T15:01:05+00:00

    Great to hear that. You'll see from my post in October I did the same procedure and it worked OK.

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