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If you have an AOL Mail account, youre not limited to the AOL website or app to access your email messages.

Its easy to sync AOL Mail to a third-party email client, such as Windows Mail, allowing you to read, download, send, and reply to AOL messages from Windows Mail.

Add Aol Mail To Outlook Windows 10 And Windows

Mail is the default, built-in email program in Windows 10 and Windows 8; its dubbed Windows Mail in Windows Vista.

Mail allows you to access different email accounts, such as your AOL Mail account, in one, centralized place.

Windows 10 Mail automatically supports any email account that supports POP or IMAP, so its easy to sync it with AOL Mail.

You might need to know AOLs IMAP server settings or POP server settings to download email to Windows Mail, as well as the AOL SMTP server settings in order to send mail.

Open Mail and select the Settings (gear icon) at the bottom left side.

Type your AOL Mail email address into the first field and then fill out the rest of the page with your name and the password for the account.

Youre now able to use the menu button at the top left of Mail to switch between your email accounts and access AOL Mail through Windows 10 Mail.

Select Settings from the menu that shows to the right of the screen.

Type your AOL email address and password in the fields provided.

Select the Connect button to add the AOL email account to the Mail app.

Mail will give you an option such as: No messages from the last month.

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Select that link to go to Settings, and then under the Download email from section, choose Any time.

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