Aol mail not working on mac

I am having trouble with my AOL mail on my IMAC. It keeps coming up with the following message.
Cannot send message using the server smtp.aol.com: XXXXXXX
Sending the message content to the server failed.
I have checked the settings and password. I have also deleted and re entered the account. I have sent a test message direct from AOL and it has worked. I have also set up a GMAIL account on mac mail and it has worked. I am stumped on what to do next. Any ideas please.

After exhausting all possibilities regarding this problem I finally spoke to someone at Apple care who solved the problem.
So here is the work around which worked for me.
Close Mac Mail
Open Finder Window- click on GO menu then press and hold the Option key(alt key)
This will display your User Library. Click on the Library icon
Locate 'Mail' file and drag to desktop,
Locate Preferences file and locate com.apple.mail.plist. file
Drag to desktop,
Log out and log back in again-or restart computer,
Open Mac Mail and create new Aol account- or whichever account you use, eg, yahoo or Gmail etc.
Sometimes only deleting the .plist file is not enough, you may need to delete the actual 'Mail' file at the same time.
Moving them to the desktop is a safety net so that if it doesn't work properly after you restart and re-enter your account information at least you have it as back up and you can go back and re-install it and try another method.
This worked perfectly for me. I hope it does for others aswell, because I know how frustrating it is to go through all the forms and keep getting the same answers but no solutions.
Good Luck...
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