Aol email

[derik123derik123]

Alright, I'm trying to add my aol email to the pre's email client but everytime I try and add it it says my credientials are wrong(or something to the effect)well... They aren't I tried it in the normal web browser and they work fine and I know everything is typed correctly... I have to enter a outgoing address which would be smtp.aol.com but it still says my credentials are wrong... Any ideas? Thanks

[derik123derik123]

I tried with my aim email also.. Same error

[TR30]

My AOL email is working fine. I didn't have to do any manual set up. I just went to "Add Account" and simply typed in my AOL email address & password and all worked fine.

I just checked my AOL settings and this is what I see:

INCOMING MAIL SERVER
* imap.aol.com
* username@aol.com
* AOL password
* Port 143
* Encryption = None

OUTGOING MAIL SERVER
* smtp.aol.com
* Use Authentication = OFF
* Port 25
* Encryption = None

Hope this helps.

[georges326]

You typed smtp.aim.com instead of smtp.aol.com as you wront in your message.

[greenoyster]

That should be port 143, not 43. If smtp port 25 doesn't work, try 587.

[TR30]

Originally Posted by greenoyster

That should be port 143, not 43. If smtp port 25 doesn't work, try 587.

Thanks for catching that. Just made the edit.

[EddieDFW]

Greenoyster...you're amazing. Changing my aol smpt outgoing port to 587 did the trick...nothing else was working...thanks!!!!

[bulls96]

love this forum! changing ports did it for me as well!