i got this spam today - do i need to do anything specific in poppeeper to get them off my back?
Hi petspy,
AOL is committed to protecting the privacy and security of our customers. This is why 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 AOL Mail via your application, you must update your connection settings by November 7, 2017.
Please visit our help site for instructions on how to update your settings.
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.
Sincerely,
AOL Mail
Update your AOL Mail security settings
Re: Update your AOL Mail security settings
From the main PP menu, you can go to "Tools" > "AntiJunk" > "Main interface..." and "black list" the sender (i.e. email address). To do this; click on "Black List" in left-page and then click on the "+" button to add. You can set "actions" as far as what to do with Black List entries in the lower part of the interface. Click "OK" when done for each step.
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Re: Update your AOL Mail security settings
Can you provide a copy of the original email source --
1) View the message in PP and select File / Save message as
2) Save it to file
3) Send it as an attachment to me via PM or email to (support at esumsoft dot com)
The message itself sounds like they may be enforcing OAuth2 (which PP does not currently support for Aol/Aim). But the only other source in my search results suggests that it is a fake email. I'm leaning toward it being legit, but seeing the message source should clear up any questions. Unfortunately, I guess I hadn't accessed my aim account in a while and when I accessed it yesterday, it told me it had deleted all existing messages. As of yet, I have not gotten the same email as you, despite accessing the account several times via POP Peeper since yesterday.
That being said, if they do plan on enforcing OAuth2, I don't see any relevant settings suggesting you can disable it, as other email services have done (ie. Gmail and Yahoo). They do have 2-step verification, which *might* be what they're referring to, but I kind of doubt it.
Note: The current version of Thunderbird (52.3.0) doesn't support oauth2 for aol/aim, but TB still doesn't support oauth2 for Yahoo either, so that doesn't prove anything.
1) View the message in PP and select File / Save message as
2) Save it to file
3) Send it as an attachment to me via PM or email to (support at esumsoft dot com)
The message itself sounds like they may be enforcing OAuth2 (which PP does not currently support for Aol/Aim). But the only other source in my search results suggests that it is a fake email. I'm leaning toward it being legit, but seeing the message source should clear up any questions. Unfortunately, I guess I hadn't accessed my aim account in a while and when I accessed it yesterday, it told me it had deleted all existing messages. As of yet, I have not gotten the same email as you, despite accessing the account several times via POP Peeper since yesterday.
That being said, if they do plan on enforcing OAuth2, I don't see any relevant settings suggesting you can disable it, as other email services have done (ie. Gmail and Yahoo). They do have 2-step verification, which *might* be what they're referring to, but I kind of doubt it.
Note: The current version of Thunderbird (52.3.0) doesn't support oauth2 for aol/aim, but TB still doesn't support oauth2 for Yahoo either, so that doesn't prove anything.
Re: Update your AOL Mail security settings
There's another possibility -- you may simply not be using SSL. Edit your AOL/AIM account(s) in POP Peeper and make sure that it's set to use either "SSL/TLS" or "STARTTLS" instead of "No SSL" (also do the same on the "Send Mail" page).
This makes more sense (than requiring oauth2) since AOL is one of the last major email services that doesn't require SSL. Verizon (owners of AOL) has some security notoriety on their hands since acquiring Yahoo, so it's good that they're getting around to these types of issues.
This makes more sense (than requiring oauth2) since AOL is one of the last major email services that doesn't require SSL. Verizon (owners of AOL) has some security notoriety on their hands since acquiring Yahoo, so it's good that they're getting around to these types of issues.