How to do Outlook Configuration for Aol Mail?

AOL Mail is a web-based email provided by AOL free of cost for its users. Before configuring the AOL Mail on Microsoft Outlook configuration, choose your incoming server protocol; POP or IMAP. POP stands for Post Office Protocol that downloads the mail from the server for permanent local storage. IMAP is a server protocol that downloads a copy of the emails from the server and caches emails locally on the email clients. Moreover, IMAP is a form of cloud storage, and you can access your emails whenever required from any device/client.

Carry out these steps to configure an AOL Mail account on Outlook:

You need to open the Windows desktop first and navigate to Microsoft Outlook 2016/2016/2013/2010 since the steps for setting the AOL mail are the same for those Outlook versions.

Click on the File tab from the menu bar and select Info that is available on the left side panel.

Click the Add Account button and enter your AOL mail address in the text box.

After entering the full email address, click the Connect button.

Type your AOL email account password in the Password text field and click Connect followed by the Done button.

The above step is to configure your AOL Mail automatically using the preferred mail servers for outlook configuration.

If you wish to configure your AOL Mail manually, click the File tab and select Info.

Click the Add Account icon and mark the Manual setup or additional server type type checkbox.

Click the Next button and select either POP or IMAP under the Choose Service tab.

Now, fill up the details on the POP and IMAP Account Settings window.

Under the User Information section, enter your desired name and type your AOL mail address.

In the Server Information field, click the Account Type pull-down menu and select either POP or IMAP.

Make sure the same account type is chosen under Account Type and Choose Service tabs.

Type “pop.aol.com” in the Incoming mail server field if you have selected POP as your account type and then do outlook configuration.

Else, type “imap.aol.com” in the Incoming mail server field.

For the Outgoing mail server(SMTP), type “smtp.aol.com” in the text box.

Under the Logon Information section, type your AOL Mail address in the User Name field.

Enter the AOL account password in the Password field.

Now, click the More Settings button and mark the My outgoing server(SMTP) requires authentication checkbox from the Outgoing Server tab.

Also, check the Use same settings as my incoming mail server radio button.

Go to the Advanced tab and select SSL from the drop-down bars for both the incoming and outgoing mail servers.

Enter the port number 993 in the Incoming server field if IMAP is selected for the AOL account.

Else, enter 995 for POP.

In the Outgoing server(SMTP) field, type port number 465 or 587 for a secure connection.

After filling the necessary columns, click the OK button.

You can verify your server settings by clicking the Test Account Settings button.

After configuring the AOL Mail server settings on Outlook, you can easily access your emails without any loss of time.

If you have difficulties in configuring the AOL Mail on Microsoft Outlook, contact our technical experts for remote assistance by clicking the Call button available on this screen for outlook configuration.