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Learn how to sync AOL Mail with a third-party app, using POP or IMAP, to send and receive emails in the app or download a copy of your email.
Use the IMAP settings below to download your email from AOL Mail into a third-party email app, like Thunderbird, Outlook, or Mac Mail. For accounts with a lot of content, it can take several days or longer to download everything. If you need specific instructions to configure your app with our settings or to check the progress of your download, please reach out to the app developer.
Learn how to set up your Verizon migrated account in third party email applications using the IMAP protocol.
Secure Password Authentication ( SPA) is a proprietary Microsoft protocol used to authenticate Microsoft email clients with an electronic mail server when using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), Post Office Protocol (POP), or Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). [1] The protocol was based on the Integrated Windows Authentication (NTLM) authentication scheme.
Outlook on the web (formerly Outlook Web App and Outlook Web Access [2]) is a personal information manager web app from Microsoft. It is a web-based version of Microsoft Outlook, and is included in Exchange Server and Exchange Online (a component of Microsoft 365 .)
Outlook.com, formerly Hotmail, is a free personal email service offered by Microsoft. This includes a webmail interface featuring mail, calendaring, contacts, and tasks services. Outlook can also be accessed via email clients using the IMAP or POP protocols.
To send and receive AOL email via a 3rd party email client, you'll need to manually configure the servers and port numbers with supported AOL Mail info. If you access AOL Mail through mail.aol.com or the AOL app you don't need to make any changes to your settings.
If you're having problems accessing AOL Mail through third-party applications, such as Outlook or Thunderbird, try troubleshooting with these suggestions to make sure your email works where and when you need it.