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Thunderbird on Mac no longer works - "Error with account xxxxx. Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server pop verizon.net responded (SYS/TEMP) server error, please respond later"

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My computer crashed, I restored it but Thunderbird is no longer working. Every time I try to use it I get the following error message: "Error with account xxxxx. Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server pop verizon.net responded (SYS/TEMP) server error, please respond later"

My computer crashed, I restored it but Thunderbird is no longer working. Every time I try to use it I get the following error message: "Error with account xxxxx. Sending of password did not succeed. Mail server pop verizon.net responded (SYS/TEMP) server error, please respond later"

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I wrote xxx instead of the account name

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Here us an image

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AOL suggests these settings, but what they do not mention is your password or authentication type.

AOL and the parent Yahoo have been requiring the use of oauth authentication for a long time now. Unfortunately verizon was in such a hurry to shove their mail out the door, they didn't get that part complete.

There is a workaround of using the server name for AOL, which AOL give as; Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.aol.com Port 995 using SSL/TLS Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.aol.com Port 465 using SSL/TLS.

Once the server names are updated, restart Thunderbird and then change the authentication method.

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This isn't working. I get the same message

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When you say, "Change the authentation method, I assume just changing to pop.aol.com?

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Have you sorted it out?