Updated: April 03, 2023
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I changed my aol password and now need to sync the computer with my iphone

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Hello, thank you for using our service, my name is Christine I’ll be happy to help you out! May I ask your name?

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*****

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Nice to meet you, *****!

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I needed to change my aol password and now need to sync my computer to receive messages on my phone
I need help to sync my aol account to my iPhone

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You'd like to sync your aol email to receive messages to your iPhone, correct?

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yes

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Got it!
*****, please do the following:

  1. Tap the Settings icon on your phone's home screen.
  2. Tap email + accounts in the settings menu.
  3. Tap add an account.
  4. Tap on AOL. If you cannot find AOL in the list, tap other accounts.
  5. Type in your AOL email address and password.
  6. Tap sign in.
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It says aol is already added but I am still not receiving messages

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Could you please sign out from your aol account on your iPhone and then sign back in?

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ok now what

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Have you signed back into your aol account with a new password?

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im working on it

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Sounds good!
Please let me know if you need any assistance with it.

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please hold on thank you it is verifyingy
what is SSL it cannot set up using ssl
also what is my host name

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Please take a look at the screenshot:

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working on it

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Sure! Take your time!

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 im sorry but am not getting the information needed

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Could you please provide me with a screenshot so I can take a look?

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how do i do that. i am vry computer illiterate

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I see.
Could you please describe the step you can't go through? Is there any error message?

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i need the correct host name but cannot access it

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Do you use Apple Mail app on your phone to check Aol's emails?

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no I think google
sorry dont use apps either...really problematic I know

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***** does your application has a blue background with white envelope?

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yes yay that I can answer

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Great.
Go to Settings > Mail > Accounts.
Tap the AOL email account, and tap Delete Account.
Is everything clear with the provided instruction?

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its deleting
ok now should i add the account

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Yes :)
Do you know how to do it?

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im logging in otherwise probably not

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Here are the steps:

  1. Tap the Settings icon on your phone's home screen.
  2. Tap email + accounts in the settings menu.
  3. Tap add an account.
  4. Tap on AOL. If you cannot find AOL in the list, tap another account.
  5. Type in your AOL email address and password.
  6. Tap sign in.
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ok it it saying that aol is already added

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I see. Did you delete it before adding the account back?

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yes

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Great :)
Check you emails, please.

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yay success you are amazing thank you so much for helping me

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I am so pleased to see your issue got resolved!

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