Similarly, why should you ever have a free email account also accessing from a desktop email program. In other words: AIM Mail and Mozilla Thunderbird.
Access an AIM Mail Account in Mozilla Thunderbird
To set up an AIM Mail 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.
- Type your name under Your Name:.
- Enter your AIM Mail address under Email Address:.
- Click Continue.
- Make sure IMAP is selected under Select the type of incoming server you are using.
- Type "imap.aim.com" under Incoming Server:.
- Click Continue.
- Leave your AIM Mail user name as automatically inserted by Mozilla Thunderbird in the Incoming User Name: field.
- Click Continue.
- Give the account a descriptive name ("AIM Mail" or what Mozilla Thunderbird suggests, your email address) under Account Name:.
- Click Continue.
- Now click Done.
- Highlight Outgoing Server in the account list.
- Click Add... on the right.
- Type "AIM Mail" under Description:.
- Type "smtp.aim.com" under Server Name:.
- Enter your AIM Mail user name under User Name:.
- Click OK.
- Now highlight your AIM Mail account in the account list.
- Under Outgoing Server (SMTP):, choose AIM Mail.
- 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.
