Passwords
Hello, I am using thunderbird for two different aol accounts. Both receive mail on thunderbird. However, one of them does not allow me to send messages when I am in that mailbox. I checked the saved passwords, and both have the regular password for incoming mail, but a complex password for outgoing. oauth:login.aol.com(mail-w) Please advise. I did not want to do anything that might erase my saved emails for the one account. Thanks!
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one of them does not allow me to send messages
What error message do you get?
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both have the regular password for incoming mail, but a complex password for outgoing. oauth:login.aol.com(mail-w)
AOL uses OAuth2 authentication. With that Thunderbird doesn't remember the actual account password, but an authentication token. This is what you see for the outgoing server. Every once in a while the token expires, and you're prompted to re-authenticate.
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