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Connecting to AOL server

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Carmen Sinno
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I find myself having to go to AOL to generate a one time password for 3rd party apps whenever I have to reboot my machine or shutdown Thunderbird. Is this something going wrong on Thunderbird or AOL?

I find myself having to go to AOL to generate a one time password for 3rd party apps whenever I have to reboot my machine or shutdown Thunderbird. Is this something going wrong on Thunderbird or AOL?

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sfhowes
sfhowes
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A one-time (app) password shouldn't be necessary if the account uses OAuth2 authentication. AOL settings are:

imap.aol.com, 993, SSL/TLS, OAuth2, email address. Same for POP except pop.aol.com, 995.

smtp.aol.com, 465, SSL/TLS, OAuth2, email address.