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Setting Up My AOL Accounts on Mac OS X Mail, Need Assistance

Hello Forum,

I just got my new MacBook Pro i7 in the mail yesterday and I am still setting it up. I am having trouble setting up my AOL mail accounts on Mac OS X Mail. Is anyone well versed in this or know a good walk through.

Thanks in advance for the help.

James

MacBook Pro i7 17in, Mac OS X (10.6.6), 64-bit

Posted on Feb 8, 2011 1:37 PM

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Posted on Feb 9, 2011 5:58 AM

Simple. Go to Preferences in the Mail pulldown menu. Click on accounts. Click the plus sign to add an account. Under account information the AOL account type should be IMAP. Description AOL. Your e-mail address, your name. Incoming mail server is imap.aol.com. Your username should be your full aol e-mail address. Below that is your password. In the "Advanced" box the port number is 993, check the "Use SSL" box and authentication is password. IMAP path prefix can be left blank. Gop back to account information and click on "Edit SMTP Server List" in the pulldown menu for "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP). Under account information for AOL the server name is smtp.aol.com. In advanced, check the button for "Use default ports (25,465,587)." Check the box for "Use Secure Sockets Layer." Authentication is password, your username is your AOL e-mail address and enter your password again if it isn't entered already. Click OK and you're sert to go.
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Feb 9, 2011 5:58 AM in response to Poetsave

Simple. Go to Preferences in the Mail pulldown menu. Click on accounts. Click the plus sign to add an account. Under account information the AOL account type should be IMAP. Description AOL. Your e-mail address, your name. Incoming mail server is imap.aol.com. Your username should be your full aol e-mail address. Below that is your password. In the "Advanced" box the port number is 993, check the "Use SSL" box and authentication is password. IMAP path prefix can be left blank. Gop back to account information and click on "Edit SMTP Server List" in the pulldown menu for "Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP). Under account information for AOL the server name is smtp.aol.com. In advanced, check the button for "Use default ports (25,465,587)." Check the box for "Use Secure Sockets Layer." Authentication is password, your username is your AOL e-mail address and enter your password again if it isn't entered already. Click OK and you're sert to go.

Setting Up My AOL Accounts on Mac OS X Mail, Need Assistance

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