About AOL Mail

[Kneo]

I have a mail with aim.com

now I want to read my mails via Outlook Express. What am I gonna write in incoming and outgoing ? I tried pop3.aol.com, smtp.aol.com and pop3.aim.com, smtp.aim.com but none worked. !!

[cyclone2k]

It is - imap.aim.com

Access a Free AIM Mail Account with Outlook Express

To set up access to a free AIM Mail account in Outlook Express:


Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.
Click Add.
Choose Mail....
Enter your name.
Click Next.
Enter your AIM Mail address (something like "ladedu@aim.com").
Click Next again.
Make sure IMAP is selected under My incoming mail server is a __ server.
Type "imap.aim.com" in the Incoming mail (POP3 or IMAP) server: field.
Enter "smtp.aim.com" under Outgoing mail (SMTP) server:.
Click Next >.
Type your AIM Mail user name (AIM nickname) under Account name: ("ladedu", for example).
Enter your AIM Mail password (AIM password) in the Password: field.
Click Next > again.
Click Finish.
Highlight imap.aim.com in the Internet Accounts window.
Click Properties.
Go to the Servers tab.
Make sure My server requires authentication is checked under Outgoing Mail Server.
Go to the IMAP tab.
Make sure Store special folders on IMAP server is not checked.
Click OK.
Click Close in the Internet Accounts window.
Now, select Yes to download the list of AIM Mail folders to Outlook Express.
Click OK.


Can't Send Mail from Your AIM Mail Account in Outlook Express?

If you encounter problems sending mail, try this:


Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu in Outlook Express.
Highlight imap.aim.com.
Click Properties.
Go to the Advanced tab.
Enter "587" under Server Port Numbers for Outgoing mail (SMTP):.
Click OK.
Click Close.


More details -
http://email.about.com/od/outlookexpresstips/qt/et032906.htm
http://about.aol.com/faq/openmailaccess

[Kneo]

oh. thank you very much. that really helped.

[The Evolution Of Life]

How do you do this with a regular AOL email account?

[tabi]

thanks dude