In this article, you can learn about how to synchronize AOL Mail with third-party applications like Gmail, Outlook, and Window Live Mail, Thunderbird etc. How to use POP or IMAP settings to send and receive s in other clients? To do this you can use two protocols (POP or IMAP), when you want to set up AOL M ail on a third-party application. Why we use POP: It allows you to download or copy your mails from your AOL account (mail.aol.com) to third-party app.
POP and IMAP server settings you'll need to use for set up AOL Mail: Most of the applications have a settings section, where you have to update the IMAP or POP settings manually. Settings section may be avail in a different location in particular application, though the AOL server settings and port settings will remain same for all third-party clients.
For more knowledge base, POP only downloads or copy s from the Inbox folder (not other folders), so if you need to download or copy all your s, move these mails from existing folders to the Inbox folder. Why we use IMAP: IMAP allows continually synchronization from the third party client and your AOL mail account to store the similar information in both places. It means, anything changes you did with particular or messages or folders in your AOL mail account will also changed in the other client.
PROTOCOL SERVER SETTINGS PORT SETTINGS POP Incoming mail server: “pop.aol.com” Outgoing mail server: “smtp.aol.com” POP3 (995) (SSL) SMTP (465) (SSL) IMAP Incoming mail server: “imap.aol.com” Outgoing mail server: “smtp.aol.com” IMAP-993 (SSL) SMTP-465 (SSL)
After using above AOL server settings for POP and IMAP on other applications, you’ll be able to set up or synchronize your AOL Mail on other apps. Hope this content, solves your POP or IMAP settings issue for AOL Mail. If you need specific help and support to configuring your app, then you can contact AOL customer service and manufacturer of third-party application.