Hello,

it's most likely a problem with the SSL/TLS version. Recently support for TLS 1.0 and 1.1 has been dropped by many providers (I myself was forced to upgrade Thunderbird from version 1.5 to 24.8.1 last year because of this, as 24.8.1 was the first version to support TLS 1.2)
If AOL also requires TLS 1.2 or 1.3 then that would be the reason why OE can't connect anymore.

Thanks for fast reply.
I understand now. I think this could be bypassed by some proxy but its too complicated.
I will just have to say pass on anything related to internet browsing or mail capabilities for such old machines.
I'm still happy i've managed to make a lan connection with my windows 11 machine! It's such a time saving operation, i can transfer anything i want now without burning cds or diskettes, even with 300-500Kb/s transfer rate.

Funnily enough today I tried setting up Outlook 2002 with GMX using settings I know previously worked and same issue.

I have a bunch of old machines I want to receive email, mostly just to correspond with friends. I like the idea of typing on either a Thinkpad or iMac G3. Either way it's a throwaway email with nothing sensitive.

Does anyone know any email providers that do still work or any proxy settings to set up?

I don't know how much it phones home, or whether you are trying to use an MSN or Outlook account with it, but MS just broke a load of stuff and forced Win 10 users onto latest Outlook so there are changes at the Microsoft end since the beginning of October. If you have local or other mail server then older info may help you out, but if trying to do anything involving MS servers, or fully up to date local Microsoft server, then you might need info from 2023.

Geon106 wrote on 2023-10-11, 16:41:

Funnily enough today I tried setting up Outlook 2002 with GMX using settings I know previously worked and same issue.

I have a bunch of old machines I want to receive email, mostly just to correspond with friends. I like the idea of typing on either a Thinkpad or iMac G3. Either way it's a throwaway email with nothing sensitive.

Does anyone know any email providers that do still work or any proxy settings to set up?

I think this website that i have found will help you if you want to setup a proxy ( wich i found a little confusing): https://joewein.net/blog/2018/07/04/outlook-e … d-ssl-protocol/

In the near future i will create my own mail server with smtp and have it working on Win. 3.1 and 95!