Okay! I got through to a Verizon tech who seemed to know the story - and a temporary fix. He explained that when we all get updates to our G3 phones, it is up to the various MAIL SERVERS to update their servers accordingly. At present, only gmail seems to keep current. He said Verizon has no control over when aol or yahoo or hotmail update their servers to communicate with the G3 phones with each android system update.
However, he told me what he did with his phone, until the server updates are done:
-go to the google play store
-find and download the "K9" app (K9 is the one app that keeps up with all server updates)
-add your usernames and passwords for aol or yahoo or whatever
-DO NOT try to manually set up incoming/outgoing server info - this will be done automatically by K9 for you.
I installed K9 and it works perfectly...it doesn't look as good as what I'm used to, but I can get ALL my email - and for the first time ever, I can actually see & use my mail folders as they are on my laptop! The way to access your folders: open your email to your current email list, then hit the left key (menu) - you will see the option "Folder List," which opens up your folders.
I hope this works for you folks too. Like edcbittner, when trying to use the email app on my phone (for aol), a long hidden string was in my password text box too. VERY frustrating...but at least we have this K9 app for now, as a work around.
