Email, Messaging, & Video Calls Email How to Access an AOL Email Account With POP3 or IMAP Want to read your AOL email with something other than AOL? by Heinz Tschabitscher Writer A former freelance contributor who has reviewed hundreds of email programs and services since 1997. our editorial process Heinz Tschabitscher Updated on February 03, 2020 Busakorn Pongparnit/Getty Images Email Yahoo! Mail Gmail Tweet Share Email AOL prefers you access your AOL email in AOL but understands that many users have more than one email account, and it is convenient for those users to access their email from all their providers in one location. As it turns out, you can access your AOL email in many email service providers including Outlook, Windows Mail, Gmail, and many of the Mail apps on your mobile devices. Thanks to the wonders of internet messaging access protocol (IMAP), you can. If you set up your AOL email account in any email client capable of IMAP, you can receive and send messages easily. Even the AOL folders — Spam, Saved, Sent Items, and Trash appear there automatically. Of course, you can also use POP to fetch incoming mail in an uncomplicated fashion. Choose Your Email Program The steps you need to take to set up your AOL email account differ from program to program. Here's how to: Set up AOL Mail in Mac OS X MailSet up AOL Mail in Mozilla ThunderbirdSet up AOL Mail in OutlookSet up AOL Mail in Windows Mail If your program is not on the list above, enter the generic POP or IMAP AOL mail settings into the program you want to use to access your AOL email. Settings to Access AOL With Any IMAP Email Program To access an AOL email account using IMAP, first confirm that your email client supports IMAP. If it does, create a new account and enter the following information in the relevant fields to configure the email client to access AOL email. AOL Mail IMAP server: imap.aol.comAOL Mail IMAP login: your AOL screen nameAOL Mail IMAP password: your AOL screen name passwordAOL Mail IMAP port: 993AOL Mail IMAP SSL required: yes To set up outgoing mail through AOL servers, enter the following information in addition to your login screen name and AOL password: AOL Mail SMTP server address: smtp.aol.comAOL Mail Port using SSL/TLS: 587AOL Mail TLS/SSL required: Yes Settings to Access AOL With Any POP3 Email Program If your email client doesn't support IMAP, you can enter a POP3 account with the following settings to read your email in a non-AOL account: AOL Mail POP server: pop.aol.comAOL Mail POP login: your AOL screen nameAOL Mail POP password: your AOL screen name passwordAOL Mail POP port: 995AOL Mail SSL required: yes Set up outgoing AOL mail, too, by entering the same screen name, password, and server along with these settings: AOL Mail outgoing mail server (SMTP): smtp.aol.comAOL Mail Port using SSL/TLS: 587 Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Get the Latest Tech News Delivered Every Day Email Address Sign up There was an error. Please try again. You're in! Thanks for signing up. There was an error. Please try again. Thank you for signing up. Tell us why! Other Not enough details Hard to understand Submit