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If your third-party email app is having issues connecting, sending, or receiving emails, you may need to reconfigure your account or update the app. Use these steps to identify and fix the source of the problem.
If you see an image challenge question when sending mail, you should just be able to complete the challenge then send mail. If, however, you correctly answer the image challenge and still can't send mail, it could be a sign of a more serious issue with your account, which may require additional steps to secure your account.
If you recently changed your AOL password, you'll need to update it in the email client you use. Find your application's "Email Accounts" or "Account Settings" section, select your AOL Mail account, then update to your new password.
Most email software and applications have an account settings menu where you'll need to update the IMAP or POP3 settings. When entering your account info, make sure you use your full email address, including @aol.com, and that the SSL encryption is enabled for incoming and outgoing mail.
If you're repeatedly getting delivery failure errors when sending messages to AOL Mail customers, it is most likely due to spam blocking on AOL's servers. While you may be following at the rules for sending mail, it's likely the address you're sending mail from is hosted on a server our system had identified as "abusive".
If the delivery failure message says the account doesn't exist double check the spelling of the address you entered. A single misplaced letter could cause a delivery failure. If the message keeps getting bounced back, make sure the account is closed or hasn't been moved.
214 Help message (A response to the HELP command) 220 <domain> Service ready 221 <domain> Service closing transmission channel 221 2.0.0 Goodbye [1] 235 2.7.0 Authentication succeeded [3] 240 QUIT 250 Requested mail action okay, completed 251 User not local; will forward 252 Cannot verify the user, but it will try to deliver the message anyway
When creating an app password, use a browser that you've used to sign into AOL Mail for several days in a row and avoid using Incognito mode.If this isn’t successful, use webmail or the official AOL App to access your email.