On 10/15/2017 2:12 PM, Frog wrote: > > > This thing of moving from Verizon to AOL is about to drive me completely > crazy. I received the following message from AOL and I have no idea how > to make the Sea Monkey and Thunderbird changes that they want me to > make. Here is a quote of that message- > > We hope you are enjoying your improved email experience since switching > to AOL. We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our > customers so we're writing to inform you that your current third party > email application is not using the latest, secure mail connection > settings. In order to continue sending and receiving your verizon.net > mail via your third party email application, you must update your > connection settings by November 7, 2017. > > > Please visit our help site for instructions on how to update your settings. > > https://help.aol.com/articles/how-do-i-set-up-other-email-applications-to-send-and-receive-my-verizon-net-mail?ncid=mbr_comdefeml00000002 > > To avoid having to make changes in the future and to ensure you are > using up-to-date security settings, we recommend that you download the > AOL app or use mail.aol.com to send and receive your AOL Mail. > > For more information, visit our FAQ page. > > > I use Sea Monkey for my mail...and have times I have used Thunderbird > for my mail at times in order to learn this software. What specifically > do I need to do to make the changes they are requesting? > > Any help sent my way will be greatly appreciated. > > Frog >
In the past, AOL required that users install AOL's own E-mail application because AOL's servers did not comply with either IMAP or POP3/SMTP. This might no longer be the case. I am not familiar with IMAP setups. If you are attempting to use POP3/SMTP, however, you might try the following: 1. Open the Account Settings window. On the Thunderbird menu bar, that is [Tools > Account Settings]. On the SeaMonkey menu bar, that is [Window > Mail & Newsgroups] and then [Edit > Mail & Newsgroups Account Settings]. 2. On the left side of the Account Settings window, select the mail account in question. If the account is collapsed, expand it. (In Thunderbird, that involves selecting the > to make it a v.) 3. Select Server Settings. 4. On the Server Settings pane, for "Connection security" (under Security Settings), select SSL/TLS from the selection list. 5. Go to the bottom of the left side of the Account Settings window. (This might require scrolling down.) Select Outgoing Server (SMTP). 6. In the window that lists your E-mail accounts, select the mail account in question and then select the Edit button. 7. In the SMTP Server window, for "Connection security" (under Security and Authentication), select SSL/TLS from the selection list. 8. Select the OK buttons to close all the setup windows. If you still have a problem receiving (steps 2-4) or sending (steps 5-7) E-mail, try STARTTLS in place of SSL/TLS. I have one E-mail account where sending is STARTTLS but receiving is SSL/TLS. Thus, you should change only the setting for the one direction that remains a problem. -- David E. Ross <http://www.rossde.com/> By allowing employers to eliminate coverage for birth control from their insurance plans, President Trump has guaranteed there will be an increase in the demand for abortions. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
