How to Connect an AOL Email to Outlook?

Of the many email clients available on different operating systems and offered by different companies, AOL Mail is the one used by many. However, AOL email accounts are widely used to store many important emails and other items. This makes managing email a bit more difficult. So what do you do in such a situation?

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Enable Allow Apps that Use Less Secure Sign in Option in AOL Security Add AOL Mail Account in Outlook 2016 PC Client Incoming Mail:Outgoing Mail:

E-mailing and managing other work using an email client such as Outlook usually helps AOL users a lot in this regard. Outlook 2016 and Outlook-Office 365 are extremely versatile, allowing you to use your AOL email account in Outlook 2016 without installing plugins or other software.

This includes setting up an IMAP account in Outlook 2016. This article describes how to set up an AOL account in Outlook 2016 and use multiple emails at the same time.

Follow the Steps:

Open AOL Mail website and sign in.
Move on to your AOL profile section and click on Options.
Select Account Info.
A new tab would open comprising your account info, security options, activities track, and preferences. Here, click on Account Security.
Once the page is loaded, click on Allow apps that use less secure sign in option, as shown below.
Before you can proceed straight to turn the security option ON, you will have to sign-in again. In this step, enter your AOL username and click Next.
Before you can proceed straight to turn the security option ON, you will have to sign-in again. In this step, enter your AOL username and click Next.
Type-in your password and click Sign in.
Now, turn the security option ON, as shown in the screenshot below.

Add AOL Mail Account in Outlook 2016 PC Client

Now that you’ve turned the security option ON, which allows less secure applications to have access to your AOL mail with Outlook, you can move on to the Outlook part, follow below steps:

Open Outlook.
Click on the File tab and click Add Account.
A new Outlook window would show up on the screen. Here, type-in your AOL email address and click on Advanced Options drop-down and select let me set up my account manually and click Connect.
Select POP from the following account type options given.
In this Outlook window, you have to key in some critical information like Incoming & Outgoing Mail & Ports respectively. For POP configuration, briefly input the following information:

Incoming Mail:

Server: pop.aol.com
Port: 995
Encryption Method: Checkmark, this server requires an encrypted connection (SSL/TLS)
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): NO

Outgoing Mail:

Server: smtp.aol.com
Port: 465
Encryption Method: SSL/TLS
Require logon using Secure Password Authentication (SPA): NO

Note: If you have an existing data file then browse for it under the Message Delivery section.

Once you’re done with the above details, click Next.
Now, enter the password of your AOL email and click Connect.
Finally, when the AOL email account setup in Outlook 2016 is complete, click Ok.
In Outlook, you can see all the accounts listed on the left side.

You can either visit the AOL help center or the Emailsdesk web page for answers to your queries.