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 May 5 2008, 01:29 AM
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after having usign AOL for about 10 years, i now notice that i no longer need the AOL software to access the internet. which is great lol. but im not keen on signing on to aol.co.uk to manage my email, so ive heard that thunderbird is a great bit of software. but icant for the life of me work out how to set it up to work with my aol account. i dont know whether i need to use POP or IMAP, and what the incomming and outgoing servers are? where can i find these??? please help me!!!!!!! many many thanks |
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May 5 2008, 02:59 AM
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Member 5k Posts: 5,418 From: UK OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 |
All the details you need are on AOL's website.
http://help.aol.co.uk/email/aol-email-with...816080909990051 |
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May 5 2008, 06:04 AM
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Member Posts: 94 OS: XP SP2 |
ive tried foloowing those instructions, but it still wont let me connect :-(
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May 5 2008, 11:51 AM
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Member Posts: 83 From: West Sussex UK OS: XP SP2 |
Here is some more info. Note the server address for the uk.
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.ph...p;highlight=aol http://kb.mozillazine.org/Using_AOL_Mail_with_Mozilla |
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