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May 29, 2005 at 7:09 pm #18489
beefstucv
MemberI cannot update my email address that is associated with my screenname. Whenever I try to do it through the AIM program by going to File>Edit Options>Update Email Address it will show my old email (beefstu@home.net) and allows me to put in my new email (beefstu@comcast.net) but then times out. I get an email on my comcast.net account that tells me to confirm my change by replying with the word ‘OK’ and after doing so I immediately get a reply telling me that the conformation failed because of an unknown error. Right now I do not remember my password for my AIM account and am trying to get it emailed to me. Home.net no longer exsists (they were bought by comcast and the old email addresses no longer work). I would really appreciate some help. Thank you.
May 29, 2005 at 7:51 pm #122757SlapShot
Memberyeah its been happining to everyone, the server is having some problems right now, you will have to wait
May 30, 2005 at 12:25 am #122752Jeff Hester
Keymasteryou can try to update your email address through http://my.screenname.aol.com/. once you log in this site will show you a screen that will allow you to update your email address, password, and other stuff.
May 30, 2005 at 5:38 pm #122754smurf
Memberif my.screenname.aol.com doesn’t work to let you update the email then your screen name is aol’d
May 30, 2005 at 5:42 pm #122755Rusty
MemberIt let me update mine yesterday.
May 31, 2005 at 3:07 am #122758beefstucv
Memberdarn – its been two days and it still does not update. Any other ideas? maybe because of firewall? is there a port AIM communicates on that i should forward through my router?
May 31, 2005 at 3:15 am #122753Jeff Hester
Keymasteri don’t think it has anything to do with your local settings. if there is a problem it’s on the aol/aim servers. aim email updates take 72 hours (3 days) to complete.
June 3, 2005 at 3:57 am #122759beefstucv
MemberOkay its been three days and still not working. Is there anyway I can contact AIM tech support?
June 3, 2005 at 3:29 pm #122756Rusty
MemberYou can on AIM.com through their email system, but they don’t respond and if you tell AOL what you need and that AIM doesn’t reply they just tell you “we can’t help because you do not have AOL service”.
June 4, 2005 at 2:08 pm #122760Clobbex
MemberTry updating your email address now. It should work.
June 10, 2005 at 7:28 pm #122761whoak
MemberI’m having the same problem. When I try to change it it just gives me an error. I tried to change it from my.screenname.aol.com but it says “Invalid Data…Please re-enter.”
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