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2024-02-10T22:48:22+00:00

I can't set up my old Verizon email address using the windows email set up for new accounts. I'm using Windows 11 and I have a subscription to the Office suite including Outlook. I am using the set up from Add Account, advanced options with Let me set up my account manually. I enter my email address and advanced options. I select IMAP. I get a Yahoo sign in window. I hit next to indicate I'm not a robot and select continue. I wait for a verification code but none arrives.

I also tried entering the incoming and outgoing information for IMAP from AOL help on online.

All I get is a continuous rotating circle until it times out.

I have 2 factor verification turned off on my AOL account.

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  1. Anonymous
    2024-02-11T03:18:19+00:00

    Hi. I'm Brian and I'll try to help.

    Since Verizon has transitioned from AOL to Yahoo, you may need to generate an app password to use in the settings instead of the password you use when logging in with a web browser. See https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html

    Note that this web site, while not a Microsoft site, appears to be safe and contain accurate information. It may contain ads and use cookies, though, so be aware.

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  2. Anonymous
    2024-02-14T22:25:52+00:00

    What do you mean by "a Yahoo panel"?

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  3. Anonymous
    2024-02-12T20:41:07+00:00

    Yes. I had already done that.

    I have since called AOL.

    Apparently, the panel that opens in Outlook 356 while trying to set up email is a Yahoo panel. Yahoo owns AOL. AOL owns Verizon emails. The companies are not connected for the email service. I can't use the Yahoo window for AOL emails, but I had no other options.

    I found this article online:

    https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/outlook\_com/forum/all/outlook-365-keeps-changing-verizonaol-settings-to/7d0154d7-b6bc-40ed-a080-2446abc0a43f

    It was helpful. I found the mail app in the Control Panel. It let me set up all my IMAP server settings. It wasn't a Yahoo panel. It still did not connect. I put in my correct password (as per my account log in online) and all the IMAP settings in the AOL article you had linked me to.

    It still did not connect.

    The server is the same server that previously worked before I deleted my email.

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  4. Anonymous
    2024-02-12T19:37:24+00:00

    Did you try what I suggested? Perhaps someone else will have a suggestion for you.

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  5. Anonymous
    2024-02-12T15:02:21+00:00

    Hi. I'm Brian and I'll try to help. Since Verizon has transitioned from AOL to Yahoo, you may need to generate an app password to use in the settings instead of the password you use when logging in with a web browser. See https://help.yahoo.com/kb/SLN15241.html Note that this web site, while not a Microsoft site, appears to be safe and contain accurate information. It may contain ads and use cookies, though, so be aware.

    Hi Brian,

    Thank you for responding. I don't believe your answer addresses my current problem.

    I have an email address set up in Yahoo/AOL online. I had generated a password to set up the account recently.

    I have the same email account on my iPhone.

    The problem is trying to set it up on my PC.

    Going through the setup in Outlook is where one of the problems lies. I ultimately arrive at a window requesting a 6-digit code. The password is not a 6-digit code. I have 2 factor identification turned off from the AOL website, email settings.

    The Outlook setup does not provide a place to enter the password I set up on the AOL site.

    I remember when AOL changed their log in system several years ago, I had to generate a passcode unique to each device. This doesn't seem to be the case anymore. They seem to have moved to 2 factor identification. When I had turned on 2 factor identification on the AOL site, the codes for my Outlook that were sent, never arrived before the time limit. Eventually, I received the codes, but they were no longer valid.

    I tried calling AOL customer service. All they could do was send me to the instructions from their website. They wanted me to pay for tech support. I felt that their code sender was malfunctioning. The customer service rep told me I could turn off 2 factor identification. That did not solve the problem.

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