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account setup for verizon mail accounts hosted at AOL

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A few years ago Verizon outsourced its (POP only) email to AOL.When addint a verizon email account to Thunderbird, automatic account setup selects the old defunct Verizon POP server. AOL's imap server at imap.aol.com (ssl port 993) would be a better choice. Also, AOL supports OAUTH3 but I canot get it turned on correctly, maybe you could offer a how-to see [https://help.aol.com/articles/verizon.../verizon-move-to-aol-mail-setting-up-your-new-aol-account-in-a-third-party-email-program-or-mobile-device-imap]

A few years ago Verizon outsourced its (POP only) email to AOL.When addint a verizon email account to Thunderbird, automatic account setup selects the old defunct Verizon POP server. AOL's imap server at imap.aol.com (ssl port 993) would be a better choice. Also, AOL supports OAUTH3 but I canot get it turned on correctly, maybe you could offer a how-to see [[https://help.aol.com/articles/verizon-move-to-aol-mail-setting-up-your-new-aol-account-in-a-third-party-email-program-or-mobile-device-imap|https://help.aol.com/articles/verizon-move-to-aol-mail-setting-up-your-new-aol-account-in-a-third-party-email-program-or-mobile-device-imap]]