AOL email accounts have been very popular since 2005, when it was launched as AIM Mail. Having an AOL account has many benefits, such as connecting with your family and friends, browsing the Internet, getting the latest news, entertainment, lifestyle and more.
Another prominent feature is that you can integrate AOL mail with any other email account like Outlook, and you can even set it up on mobile devices. To enhance your convenience of checking and sending email, you can add your AOL account to your iPad or iPhone.
Adding an AOL email address to iPad and iPhone is pretty easy and make sure you remember your email address and password to get started. Once you add your AOL email account to your iPad or iPhone, you won’t have to log into your AOL email account every time you want to check your email, you can just pull out your iPhone.
This article will walk you through the steps to add an @aol.com email account to the Mail app on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.
Steps to set up an AOL account on your iPhone or iPad
For iPhone and iPad, the steps to follow to add your AOL email account are the same; so here are the steps:
- Go to the Settings app on your iPad or iPhone
- Scroll down and tap on “Passwords & Accounts”
- Then under Accounts tap on “Add account”
- Select ‘AOL’ for account type
- Enter your AOL email address and password to sign in
- You can choose which items you want to sync to your device, then tap “Save” to finish setting up your AOL email account on your iPhone or iPad.
After following the steps above, you can simply open AOL Mail app on your iPhone and you can check all your emails, send new emails, reply, forward, etc. using your @aol.com email address. After opening the Mail app on your iOS device, simply tap on the ‘Mailbox Icon’ in the top left corner.
Manual server configuration for AOL email settings
If you want to manually set up your AOL email account in any third-party email app or on your iPhone or iPad, you can use the listed email servers based on POP3/SMTP or IMAP. These AOL Mail for iPhone IMAP and POP settings are not required in the automatic setup process.
View important AOL Mail for iPhone settings:
POP3 servers for AOL email
- Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.aol.com, port 995 SSL
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.aol.com, port 465 SSL
IMAP servers for AOL email
- Incoming mail server (IMAP): imap.aol.com, port 993 SSL
- Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.aol.com, port 465 SSL
These settings only matter when you’re setting up your AOL email account in another email client or manually setting up AOL Mail on iOS or iPadOS.
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