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Learn how to use POP or IMAP to download or send emails from your AOL Mail account on a different email app. Find the server settings and instructions for common email apps like Outlook, Gmail, Samsung and more.
Learn how to configure POP and IMAP settings for Verizon.net AOL Mail accounts on third-party email clients. Find common email client settings links and get live expert help from AOL Customer Care.
Learn how to use IMAP settings to download your email from AOL Mail into a third-party email app, like Thunderbird, Outlook, or Mac Mail. Find out the server, port, SSL, authentication, and login info you need to configure your app.
SMTP is an Internet standard protocol for electronic mail transmission. It is used by mail servers and other message transfer agents to send and receive mail messages, and has various extensions for authentication, encryption, binary data transfer, and internationalized email addresses.
Unlike some proprietary protocols which combine sending and retrieval operations, sending a message and saving a copy in a server-side folder with a base-level IMAP client requires transmitting the message content twice, once to SMTP for delivery and a second time to IMAP to store in a sent mail folder.
If your third-party email app is having issues connecting, sending, or receiving emails, you may need to reconfigure your account or update the app. Learn what to do if your app has stopped sending, receiving, or has lost connection to the AOL Mail server.
SMTP server return code 250 means requested mail action okay, completed. It is a positive completion reply that indicates the server has accepted and delivered the message to the recipient. See the list of other SMTP status codes and their meanings on Wikipedia.
If you use a third party email client with POP3 enabled, you need to update your settings after migrating your Verizon.net email to AOL Mail. Find the server and port settings, and links to the client's help page for more details.