Can't Generate 3rd Party App Password (AOL) for Outlook 2016 Desktop using Windows 11

Anonymous
2023-01-24T16:15:37+00:00

I have been using Outlook 2016 Desktop for Windows for quite awhile to access my AOL - (Verizon.net) emails. Just recently, I can't sync my AOL emails to my Outlook 2016 Desktop app. I can not generate an app password via AOL in order to sync and download my new emails to Outlook. I have contacted AOL several times and they are NO help at all. How can I generate a 3rd Party App password to make my outlook work as before? Any ideas/solutions on how to get around this issue?

P.S. I am using Outlook 2016 Desktop (Windows 11), not Outlook 365 or Outlook.com app.

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-07-31T13:18:23+00:00

    Really glad it helped someone else. Appreciate the suggestion to generate some extra ones, and save them somewhere, for future use!

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-07-23T22:04:15+00:00

    I tried disabling 2 factor auth... and created new password... no joy. I imagine the account is "stuck" with the app password. Anyone else tried this?

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-07-21T23:59:36+00:00

    I just came across this - I've been using Thunderbird for a while, but generally use Mailspring.

    Thunderbird just works - but Mailspring needs an app password - but in the AOL settings, it just says that app password generator is not available at this time.

    Completely a meaningless 'IDGAF' kind of response - I think they just don't know/care... so I think best just not bother with AOL.

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-07-20T14:35:01+00:00

    OK, thanks. Hopefully my new aol.com address will allow an app password to be generated soon. I wrote down the recent passwords but think I'll also generate backup ones as well to add to my massive database of passwords. I was never a fan of AOL and I've always like having the @verizon.net addresses from when we first had FiOS so it was disheartening when Verizon offed the email to AOL and Yahoo but I've had it out there for too many to try ditching it completely in lieu of my @gmail.com's that seem to be the most stable and reliable of platforms right now.

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