[Users] AOL/Yahoo connect problem

Richard lists-claws at listmail.innovate.net
Mon Jul 12 00:38:49 CEST 2021



> Date: Sunday, July 11, 2021 14:44:34 -0700
> From: Michael Higgins <mykhyggz at gmail.com>
> 
> Been using this account for a long time. It appears there is a
> recent change to the IMAP implementation since AOL free email
> accounts were taken by Yahoo.
> 
> The credentials are not incorrect as stored in configuration.
> 
> Does anyone have any thoughts as to what I can do to keep accessing
> the account with CM? 
> 
> I did try troubleshooting using telnet, but the connection was
> closed before I could even log in.
> 
> Here's the log:
> 
> * Account 'AOL': Connecting to IMAP server: imap.aol.com:993...
> 
> [2021-07-11 14:34:54] IMAP< * OK [CAPABILITY IMAP4rev1 SASL-IR
>   AUTH=PLAIN AUTH=XOAUTH2 ID MOVE NAMESPACE XYMHIGHESTMODSEQ UIDPLUS
>   LITERAL+ CHILDREN X-MSG-EXT OBJECTID] IMAP4rev1 Hello 
> * IMAP connection is un-authenticated

As of a bit ago, aol/yahoo started using OAuth2. They also support
"app passwords" for 3rd-party mail clients:

  <https://help.aol.com/articles/Create-and-manage-app-password>

 


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