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Authentication failure whie connecting to server imap.aol.com

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Hello, For many years I have used Thunderbird, but since update to v148, I have recieved an "Authentication failure while connecting to server imap.aol.com" + "connection to server pop.gmail.com timed out". All the passwords, imap in & out settings are correct, the antivirus/firewall is not blocking. The AOL page pops up for access but does not accept the passwords. I have as of now lost all my emails. I appreciate the security improvements which, sadly, are necessary, but will there be an update to correct this soon.

Hello, For many years I have used Thunderbird, but since update to v148, I have recieved an "Authentication failure while connecting to server imap.aol.com" + "connection to server pop.gmail.com timed out". All the passwords, imap in & out settings are correct, the antivirus/firewall is not blocking. The AOL page pops up for access but does not accept the passwords. I have as of now lost all my emails. I appreciate the security improvements which, sadly, are necessary, but will there be an update to correct this soon.

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