An Instructive Guide to Access AOL Mail with Outlook

AOL email accounts are really helpful when it comes to managing your email and more importantly, you can add it to Outlook to manage both accounts at the same time and then you won’t have to sign in to your account verification separate AOL email. Setting up your Outlook account to receive AOL email is quite simple and you only need to have your IMAP, POP, and SMTP settings ready. But if you are a beginner, you can keep this guide handy as here I have provided step by step instructions to add your AOL account to Outlook.

Add an AOL email account to Outlook 2007

To add your AOL email account to Outlook, follow the instructions provided in the correct order as listed here:

1. Open Outlook and click on the ‘File’ option located in the menu at the top.

2. Then click on ‘Information’ on the left panel and then click on ‘Add Account’

3. Select the “Manual configuration or additional server types” checkbox and click “Next”

4. Select ‘POP or IMAP’ from the ‘Select Service’ menu and click ‘Next’.

5. Next, enter your name and AOL email address in the ‘User Information’ section.

• Under Server Information, select the type of account you want between ‘POP3’ or ‘IMAP’ (IMAP is recommended)
• In the incoming mail server box, type: ‘imap.aol.com’
• In the Outgoing mail server box, type: ‘smtp.aol.com’

In the Login Information section, enter your full AOL email username and password and click ‘Next’; then click ‘More settings’

6. Go to the Outgoing Server tab and select the checkbox that says “My server requires additional authentication”.

7. Click the ‘Advanced’ tab and in the Outgoing Mail (SMTP) entry, type ‘587’ and select ‘SSL’ for additional encryption, the Incoming Mail (IMAP) server entry will automatically change to 993; click OK’.

8. This will add your AOL account to Outlook if you entered the correct information.

Add an AOL email account to Outlook 2019, 2016, and Office 365

If you’re using Outlook 2019, 2016, or Office 365, here are the steps you need to follow to set up AOL mail in Outlook:

1. Click on the ‘File’ option in the top menu of the Outlook program; select ‘Information’ in the left panel, then click ‘Add Account’.

2. Enter your AOL email address and click ‘Connect’.

3. Then enter your AOL email account password and then click ‘Connect’.

4. Click ‘Done’ when you see the ‘Account Setup Complete’ message.

This will add your AOL email account to Outlook and you can now download all of yours.

Your AOL email account is now in Outlook and will download messages to your account. Here’s how you can set up your Outlook account to start receiving all your mail from AOL.

Configure POP, IMAP, and SMTP settings to sync your AOL email account to Outlook

AOL allows you to use a third-party email application to download a copy of your email messages, as well as to send or receive email. When setting up your AOL account in a third-party email application, such as Outlook, you’ll be asked to select one of two different protocols, for example, POP3 or IMAP. These server settings must be entered to set up or add AOL mail to Outlook, and entering incorrect settings can cause problems logging into AOL.

These are the POP and IMAP server settings required to configure AOL in Outlook:

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