If you are using Mozilla Thunderbird or Mozilla Thunderbird 2, you can easily access different mailing accounts on this platform including AOL mail. To use AOL mail on your Thunderbird device, you need to configure some settings on the same. Before you start applying the steps to configure the settings on your device, you need to ensure that you have your AOL mail login details handy as these details will be required during the mail setup process.
During this procedure, you are also required to share the IMAP or POP3 details on the setup page. If you do not know what these details are, then you should note that these are related to the mail server settings. Whether it is incoming mail server settings or outgoing mail server settings, you will need to provide these details on the email configuration page.
Now that you know some basics about using AOL Mail on your Mozilla Thunderbird device, let us now try to understand the complete procedure in a detailed manner.
Setting up AOL mail on Mozilla Thunderbird
Here is how the configuration or the setup process for AOL mail login goes:
Select the "Tools" menu on your device
And then, click on the "Account Settings" option
Or, click on the "Edit" option and then select "Account Settings"
After this, you need to press the "Alt" key
This should be done only if you are not able to see the "menu" option
From the menu, click on "Account Actions"
Further, you need to select "Add mail account"
After this, you simply need to type your name
Provide your AOL mail login mail address
Enter your AOL account password and click "Continue"
Ensure that you have selected the "IMAP" remote folders
After this, you need to select the "POP3" settings
Once you have made the changes, click on the "Done" option
Now, click on "OK" and exit the window
Conclusion: As you can see, it is a very easy procedure to add any email account to your Mozilla Thunderbird. In case you do have Mozilla Thunderbird 2, then you may apply the steps that have been specified in the section above. However, a few steps would vary in the procedure which you can easily follow by responding to the prompts in an accurate way.
Access AOL Mail in Mozilla Thunderbird
To set up an AOL email account in Mozilla Thunderbird:
Select Tools > Account Settings... (Windows, Mac) or Edit > Account Settings (Linux) from the menu in Mozilla Thunderbird.
Press the Alt key if you cannot see the menu.
Click Account Actions.
Select Add Mail Account... from the menu that comes up.
Type your name under Your Name:.
Now type your full AOL email address (including "@aol.com" or to whatever domain your address belongs) under Email Address:.
Enter your AOL email password under Password:.
Click Continue.
Make sure IMAP (remote folders) is selected.
Select POP3 (keep mail on your computer) to have Mozilla Thunderbird download new mail from AOL but not synchronize folders and actions.
Note that, with POP3, Mozilla Thunderbird will be set up to delete downloaded messages from AOL after two weeks or after you have deleted them locally; you can change these options under your accounts' Server Settings following the next step.
Click Done.
Click OK.
Hope this helps.