Troubleshooting
 | Does AOL Work with Outlook? |
I'd like to add my AOL email account to Outlook. Can I just enter mail.aol.com as my incoming and outgoing mail servers?
No. AOL (America Online) uses a proprietary format for its email service. At one point, there was a beta MAPI service that allowed AOL users to access their email in Outlook 2000 and earlier versions, but that service has been discontinued. For more information on AOL's policy and Microsoft's response, see the Knowledge Base article 243336, located at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=243336 . There are two third-party add-ins that work with Outlook to give you limited email functionality. ...
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