AOL Mail Settings for Outlook

AOL is a web portal and online service provider which is based in New York City. AOL provides AOL Mail which is a free web-based email service. The service is sometimes referred to as AOL Instant Messenger which also means AIM Mail.

AOL mail has different features available:

• Email can attach up to limit 25MB.
• AOL supports POP3, SMTP, IMAP protocols.
• Its max mailbox size is 1000 new messages, 4000 old messages and 4000 sent messages per screen name.
• It can link to other email accounts from other service providers such as Gmail and Hotmail.

AOL mail setting for outlook

1. Select Tools, then Account Setting from the menu in Outlook.
2. Go to the E-mail tab and Click New.
3. Select the “Microsoft Exchange, POP3, IMAP, or HTTP”.
4. Click “Next”.
5. Type your name what you want to appear in the line of messages you send.
6. Enter your full AOL address under E-mail Address.
7. Make sure you include “@aol.com”
8. Check “Manually configure settings or additional server types”.
9. Click “Next”.
10. Make sure Internet E-mail is selected. Then Select IMAP under Account Type.
11. Type “imap.aol.com” under Incoming mail server.
12. Enter “smtp.aol.com” under Outgoing mail server (SMTP).
13. Type your AOL screen name under User Name. Type your AOL password under Password.
14. Then click “More Setting”.
15. Go to the Outgoing Server tab.
16. Check “My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication”.
17. Now go to the Advance tab.
18. For Outgoing server (SMTP), Under Server Port Numbers type “587”:
19. Click “OK” then click “Next”. Click “Finish”. Click “Close”.