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Does Thunderbird support AOL email acounts?

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Setting up a computer for a friend and they use AOL for e-mail. I love Thunderbird for my e-mail client and want to know if it will work for AOL. I can't setup Thunderbird for my yahoo mail so I wonder if it will support AOL. Thanks!

Setting up a computer for a friend and they use AOL for e-mail. I love Thunderbird for my e-mail client and want to know if it will work for AOL. I can't setup Thunderbird for my yahoo mail so I wonder if it will support AOL. Thanks!

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Here are the settings I have for an AOL account:

incoming IMAP server: imap.aol.com port: 993 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication: Normal password User name: the part of your address before @

outgoing SMTP server: smtp.aol.com port: 465 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication: Normal password User name: the part of your address before @

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Thunderbird works fine with Yahoo!. What's your problem with it?

So long as AOL offer POP or IMAP, and SMTP, then you can use it with Thunderbird too.

Yes - https://help.aol.com/articles/how-do-i-use-other-email-applications-to-send-and-receive-my-aol-mail

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Here are the settings I have for an AOL account:

incoming IMAP server: imap.aol.com port: 993 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication: Normal password User name: the part of your address before @

outgoing SMTP server: smtp.aol.com port: 465 Connection security: SSL/TLS Authentication: Normal password User name: the part of your address before @