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On Sun, 10 Sep 2023 19:18:47 -0000 (UTC), Jim wrote:
> I upgraded my Mageia 8 to 9 this morning, intending to download
> the upgrade software in its entirety and install a new Classic
> version on new partitions. I failed to indicate that the download
> should only be to disk, and once the upgrade started writing I
> chose to let it run to completion rather than interrupt it.
>
> The only major problem discovered so far is that when I
> try to download my Evolution mail from aol to my main machine
> upgraded, I am first told to enter my password (which works
> at aol website and on my backup machine) and, and after
> repeated failures I get a message claiming inability to
> connect to the pop server, with
> Error sending password: Broken pipe.
>
> Has anyone else run into the problem?
>
> Currently, I can still get my mail on my backup machine
> and laptop. I am reluctant to make changes at the aol
> website or change the password as I might lose that ability.
>
> Any information or advice to pass on ?
>
> Cheers!
>
> jim b.
AOL has a special process to generate a password for
mail programs not among their usual MicroSloth and
Mac soft.
And they have recently revised their software that
is used to create that password. Upgrading from
Mageia 8 to Mageia 9 somehow invalidated the old
Evolution password on that machine (only), and the
new software at AOL would not create a new one.
I will be waiting a few days and then try again.
Until then, I will be reading my mail on the AOL
website.
Cheers!
jim b.
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