How To Configure Aol Imap Settings Outlook 2010?

AOL is an American online service provider. You can access your AOL emails from a browser or an email application. To check your AOL emails from an email application like Outlook, you have to add your AOL email account to it either automatically or manually. To configure your AOL IMAP settings, carry out the step-by-step instructions provided on this page.

Step 1

Open the Microsoft Outlook 2010 application.

Step 2

Click the File tab at the upper-left corner of the screen.

Step 3

Step 1:Navigate to the Info tab in the left panel.

Step 2:Go to the Account Settings drop-down menu.

Step 3:Choose the Account Settings option.

Step 4

On the Email Accounts screen, click the Email tab followed by the New button.

Step 5

Step 1:When the Auto Account Setup screen opens, select the Manually configure server settings or additional server types radio button.
Step 2:Click the Next button to continue with configuring your Aol IMAP settings Outlook 2010..

Step 6

Step 1:On the Choose Service screen, select the Internet E-mail radio button and click the Next button.

Step 7

Step 1:Now, the Internet E-mail Settings screen will open.

Step 2:Enter the AOL account details as provided here.

In the User Information section:

Step 1:Your Name - Your display name

Step 2:E-mail Address - Your AOL email address

In the Server Infirmation:

Step 1:Account Type - IMAP
Step 2:Incoming mail server - imap.aol.com

Step 3:Outgoing mail server - smtp.aol.com

In the Logon Information section:

Step 1:User Name - Your AOL email address
Step 2:Password - Your AOL email password
Step 3:Select the Remember password checkbox to save your AOL email password in the Outlook 2010.

Step 4:Select or deselect the Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA) checkbox.
Step 5:To proceed with the configuration of your AOL account using IMAP settings in Outlook 2010, click the More Settings button.

Step 8

Step 1:When the Internet E-mail Settings window pops up, navigate to the Outgoing Server tab and select the My outgoing server (SMTP) requires authentication checkbox.
Step 2:Also, you have to select the Use same settings as my incoming mail server radio button.

Step 9

Step 1:In the Internet E-mail Settings window, click the Advanced tab.
Step 2:Fill the fields using the details given below to configure Aol IMAP settings Outlook 2010.

In the Server Port Numbers section:

Step 1:Incoming server (IMAP) - 993
Step 2:Use the following type of encrypted connection - SSL
Step 3:Outgoing server (SMTP) - 465

Step 4:Use the following type of encrypted connection - SSL
Step 5:To save the AOL account settings, click the OK button in the Internet E-mail Settings window.

Step 10

To test your email account settings, select the Test Account Settings by clicking the Next button checkbox and click the Next button.

Step 11

Step 1:If you have entered your email account settings correctly, you will see the Congratulations! All tests completed successfully message on the screen.
Step 2:Click the Close button.

Step 12

Step 1:To finish configuring your Aol IMAP settings Outlook 2010, click the Finish button. From now, you can send AOL emails from the Outlook 2010 application.