HOW DO AOL IMAP SETTINGS WORK?

AOL MAIL, or AOL Mail, is a free email service provided by Verizon Communications. This service is also known as AIM, which stands for AOL Instant Messenger. If you wish to send or receive AOL emails from another email service, then you first need to set up your AOL email settings.

If this is your first time setting up AOL, then this article includes all the details on how you can do it easily. You will learn about AOL IMAP settings and how you can configure them on your AOL email program. You can also configure general AOL email settings and learn what to do when you face any difficulty adjusting your general AOL email settings.

You can use a third-party email application to download a copy of your AOL email or to send or receive emails if you want a different email interface. POP and IMAP are the two different protocols that you can use to set up the third-party email app.

What does POP Do?

POP stands for Post Office Protocol, used to receive incoming emails. The version which is widely used currently is POP3. POP downloads a copy of your emails from the account to the app. In case you delete an email from the application, the downloaded copy remains in the app. However, POP downloads email only from your inbox, so in order to download all emails, you will need to move the folders to the inbox. Since POP3 downloads incoming emails to the local device at any given time, the benefit is that you need not be online to check your emails.

AOL POP Settings

AOL Server Name: pop.aol.com

Server Port: 995

Encrypted Connection: SSL

POP Password: Your AOL email password

What does IMAP do?

IMAP, on the other hand, syncs both the app and the account so that information remains identical in both places. So if you do anything to the mail or the folders on mail.aol.com, it will also reflect in the app and vice versa. The IMAP server acts as cloud-based storage for your emails. This is why it is considered to be a better and faster alternative to POP3.

AOL Mail IMAP server settings

AOL Mail IMAP Server: imap.aol.com

Port: 993

Encryption: SSL

IMAP password: Your AOL email password

Make sure to enter your full email address including aol.com when entering your account info. Keep the SSL encryption on for both incoming and outgoing emails.

FINAL THOUGHTS

AOL in its own boasts of a powerful mail client and it’s easy to set up your AOL email account on any email app of your choice. You can customize your AOL mail settings to suit your needs.