-=PCTechTalk=- Re: AOL problem?
- From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:40:05 -0700
That's why I posted it, since it MIGHT work differently now.
Sammi
milady wrote:
> Yeah....but there WERE times eons ago that you HAD to send stuff
> attached or it would come up on AOL mail as unreadable. I had AOL a
> lifetime ago. It was the only other ISP I could get where I am
> besides the one I was on and THAT was worse than AOL--the lesser of
> two evils. If you wanted to send multipul image files each one had
> to go separate e-mail..a PAIN. I don't know how it works now.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sammi" <sammi@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 12:22 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: AOL problem?
>
>
> [snippity snip snip]
>
> I didn't know how much of everyone's problem with AOL I should leave
> in, so I took it all out. : )
>
> Here is what I received on another group about AOL. I don't use AOL,
> don't wanna use it either. I have not tested this information below,
> so I cannot verify its veracity.
>
>> From what I understand it isn't so much HOW you send it...it is how
>> AOL lets
> them look/hear it. So for what it's worth here it is:
>
> Q:
> Is there a way to get my AOL email in Outlook Express?
>
> A:
> Not too long ago you were stuck checking your AOL email in the AOL
> browser. I think it was because they wanted you to see the banner
> advertisements littering the desktop. Anyway, recently they decided
> to allow netizens to access their mail using an email client like
> Outlook Express.
>
> Rather than using POP3, AOL's open mail access allows any email
> client with IMAP support to read and send mail. Outlook Express is
> one such program.
>
> Go to Tools/Accounts and click "Add"
>
> Select "Mail", put in your name and click "Next".
>
> Enter your AOL email address (screen name plus @aol.com). Click Next.
>
> Under "My incoming mail server is..." make sure that IMAP is selected.
>
> Type "imap.aol.com" (without the quotes) in the "Incoming mail (POP3
> or IMAP) server" box.
>
> Type "smtp.aol.com" (without the quotes) in the "Outgoing mail (SMTP)
> server..." box. Click "Next".
>
> Under "Account Name" type in your AOL screen name.
>
> Under "password"—you guessed it—type in your password. Click "Next"
> then "Finish".
>
> Now, in the Internet Accounts window highlight "imap.aol.com"and click
> "Properties".
>
> Go to the "Advanced" tab.
>
> Under "Server Port Numbers for Outgoing Mail (SMTP)" enter "587"
> (without the quotes).
>
> Go to the "IMAP" tab and make sure that "Store special folders on IMAP
> server" is NOT checked. Click OK.
>
> Close the Internet Accounts window.
>
> Choose "Yes" to download the AOL folders list into Outlook Express.
> Click OK.
>
> The email stays on the server so you will need to visit your online
> AOL Mail center to empty out your mail box every now and then..
>
> There you have it. AOL email with all the benefits of Outlook Express.
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