How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
08-10-2018, 21:10
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How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
I have an AOL email account that i can log into by visiting AOL.co.uk but i wish to set it up in Thunderbird with my other email accounts to keep them all in one place.
The problem i have is that when i attempt to do so i get a message that either my username or password is incorrect which i know is not the case as i use them to log into AOL.co.uk. I have double checked the IMAP settings on thunderbird and they seem to be correct.
I logged into AOL and had a look around thinking that u need to enable IMAP like u do for gmail but i cannot find any way of doing so for AOL.
Im wondering if anyone can help me
Thanks.
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08-10-2018, 21:20
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
i think i set mine up using the wizard in thunderbird
imap.aol.com port 993
ssl/tls normal password
the username isn't the full email it's just the bit before the @
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08-10-2018, 21:23
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
Nope it still doesn't wanna go for some reason.
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08-10-2018, 22:00
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
have you got two step verification on? I have that off
how about
Allow apps that use less secure sign-in
I have that on
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08-10-2018, 22:33
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
No 2 step verification.
How do u turn on allow apps to use less secure sign in?
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08-10-2018, 23:21
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
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09-10-2018, 08:27
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
options
account info
account security
it's an old netscape account from before it was bought by AOL, I just about never use, so my guess is they used to be the default settings, or I changed them long ago
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09-10-2018, 13:22
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
Or if you use GMail you can get Google to pull emails from other accounts and then you can access emails from one mail box.
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09-10-2018, 17:07
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
errrrrm why has my post thanking Admars been deleted?
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09-10-2018, 21:20
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Re: How to setup an AOL Email Account in Thunderbird
i didn't see one but I take it that helped, excellent
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