What about the instances, more and more common, when you feel powerful and in command; when you want to read your AOL email in an email program that you know as powerful and that puts you in command; when you want your AOL email in Mozilla Thunderbird?
After you have set it up once, all the mail is there, and all the folders, too. It's easy.
Access AOL Mail in Mozilla Thunderbird
To set up an AOL email account in Mozilla Thunderbird:
- Select Tools | Account Settings... from the menu in Mozilla Thunderbird.
- Click Add Account....
- Make sure Email account is selected.
- Click Continue.
- Enter your name under Your Name:.
- Type your AOL email address under Email Address:.
- Remember to include the "@aol.com" part following your AOL screen name. If your screen name is "essempio", for example, use "essempio@aol.com".
- Click Continue.
- Make sure IMAP is selected under Select the type of incoming server you are using.
- Type "imap.aol.com" under Incoming Server:.
- Click Continue.
- Verify Mozilla Thunderbird has entered your AOL screen name in the Incoming User Name: and Outgoing User Name: fields.
- Click Continue.
- Give the account a descriptive name ("AOL Email" or what Mozilla Thunderbird suggests, your AOL email address) under Account Name:.
- Click Continue.
- Now click Done.
- Highlight Outgoing Server in the account list.
- Click Add... on the right.
- Type "AOL Email" under Description:.
- Enter "smtp.aol.com" under Server Name:.
- Type "587" under Port:.
- Make sure Use name and password is checked.
- Enter your AOL screen name under User Name:.
- Click OK.
- Now highlight your AOL account in the account list.
- Under Outgoing Server (SMTP):, choose AOL Email - smtp.aol.com.
- Highlight Copies & Folders under your AIM Mail account in the server list.
- Make sure Place a copy in: is not checked under When sending messages, automatically:.
- Click OK.
