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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're a Verizon migrated user and want to continue using your POP3 configured client, you'll need to update your client with POP3 settings. IMAP is a method used to retrieve emails from a mail server. Your messages are stored on the server, and each time you check your inbox, the email client contacts the server to get your messages.
Initial release: May 23, 1997. Introduced the new Exchange Administrator console, as well as opening up "integrated" access to SMTP-based networks for the first time.. Unlike Microsoft Mail (which required a standalone SMTP relay), Exchange Server 5.0 could, with the help of an add-in called the Internet Mail Connector, communicate directly with servers using
Microsoft Exchange Server uses a proprietary remote procedure call (RPC) protocol called MAPI/RPC, [13] which was designed to be used by Microsoft Outlook. Clients capable of using the proprietary features of Exchange Server include Evolution, [14] Hiri and Microsoft Outlook. Thunderbird can access Exchange server via the Owl Plugin. [15]
Microsoft Exchange is considered a high-value target for hackers looking to penetrate business networks, as it is email server software, and, according to Microsoft, it provides "a unique environment that could allow attackers to perform various tasks using the same built-in tools or scripts that admins use for maintenance."
Microsoft Outlook is a personal information manager software system from Microsoft, available as a part of the Microsoft 365 software suites. Though primarily being popular as an email client for businesses, Outlook also includes functions such as calendaring, task managing, contact managing, note-taking, journal logging, web browsing, and RSS news aggregation.
After migrating your Verizon.net email to AOL Mail, follow the steps below to update your settings based on your email client. Be aware some sections will link to the client's help page, and they can't answer questions about AOL Mail settings, or your Verizon.net username or password.
Protocol Server Settings Port Settings; POP3: Incoming mail server (POP3): pop.aol.com Outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.aol.com Make sure SSL encryption is enabled for the incoming and outgoing mail server.