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  2. Use POP or IMAP to sync AOL Mail on a third-party app or ...

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    Most email software and applications have an account settings menu where you'll need to update the IMAP or POP3 settings. When entering your account info, make sure you use your full email address, including @aol.com, and that the SSL encryption is enabled for incoming and outgoing mail.

  3. Download your email from AOL Mail with IMAP

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    To resolve this, move some of the email to a new folder in your account. Use this info to configure your app. Incoming Mail (IMAP) ServerServer - export.imap.aol.com • Port - 993 • Requires SSL - Yes. Outgoing Mail (SMTP) ServerServer - smtp.aol.com • Port - 465 • Requires SSL - Yes • Requires authentication - Yes. Your ...

  4. Internet Message Access Protocol - Wikipedia

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    An IMAP server typically listens on well-known port 143, while IMAP over SSL/TLS (IMAPS) uses 993. [2] [3] Incoming email messages are sent to an email server that stores messages in the recipient's email box. The user retrieves the messages with an email client that uses one of a number of email retrieval protocols.

  5. What is the difference between POP3 and IMAP? - AOL Help

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    Review the differences and choose the protocol that's right for your needs. Whether you decide on POP3 or IMAP to access your mail, you'll need to configure the email client with AOL settings. IMAP (Internet Messaging Access Protocol) • Emails are stored on the server. • Sent messages are stored on the server.

  6. Simple Mail Transfer Protocol - Wikipedia

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    The initiating host, the SMTP client, can be either an end-user's email client, functionally identified as a mail user agent (MUA), or a relay server's mail transfer agent (MTA), that is an SMTP server acting as an SMTP client, in the relevant session, in order to relay mail. Fully capable SMTP servers maintain queues of messages for retrying ...

  7. Message submission agent - Wikipedia

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    In times when both mail submission and acceptance of incoming mail were usually accomplished using the same protocol and the same server, the ability to send mail to arbitrary destinations without authentication allowed spammers to use MTAs as a means of distributing spam (since a single message transaction can request that an MTA relay a ...

  8. Configure POP and IMAP settings for Verizon.net AOL Mail ...

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    AOL.com email users - Read our help article for AOL.com port and server settings. 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.

  9. Message transfer agent - Wikipedia

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    Within the Internet email system, a message transfer agent (MTA), [1] mail transfer agent, [2] or mail relay is software that transfers electronic mail messages from one computer to another using the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol. [3] In some contexts, the alternative names mail server, mail exchanger, or MX host are used to describe an MTA.