Technology01 Dec 2009 07:01 am

How to Get AOL Email on Your Droid

It is my option, that AOL is the devil for many reasons I will not get into right now, but there has been a request for a how to get “AOL Email on my Droid”, so this one’s for you doc:

  1. Click on the email Icon
  2. Once in email, click on the menu button
  3. Select accounts
  4. Select add account
  5. You will have to fill out your email address and password and then click Next (incoming and outgoing servers are verified, you are done :) other wise click manual setup and continue)
  6. Select “IMAP Account”
  7. Incoming settings
    1. IMAP Server : imap.aol.com
    2. Port : 143
    3. Security Type : None
  8. Go to the bottom of the screen and click “Next” (The Droid will make sure you login is valid)
  9. Outgoing settings:
    1. SMTP Server: smtp.aol.com
    2. Port: 587
    3. Check Requires sign-in
    4. Username = just screen name eg. If your email address is tester@aol.com, just use tester
    5. Password

You should now be able to send and receive email on AOL. I will get update the post with screen shots if needed, let me know.

8 Responses to “How to Get AOL Email on Your Droid”

  1. on 02 Dec 2009 at 7:46 am   Mike Keating

    Matt,
    I went to the Droid armed with the tools to overcome my earlier failings. This time was different though. I entered my email address and password and the setup went on its own! I didn’t have to do anything and its all done. Thank you for your help.

  2. on 02 Dec 2009 at 10:44 am   Matt

    Well done Doc.

  3. on 27 Dec 2009 at 8:50 pm   scott

    i have done with this the email app and k-9 email app i can recieve with no problem but i cant send i think i can only send to aol people i get this error

    554- 554 AOL will not accept delivery of this message

    com.android.email.mail.MessagingException: Unable to send message
    at com.android.email.mail.transport.SmtpTransport.sen dMessage(SmtpTransport.java:264)
    at com.android.email.MessagingController.sendPendingM essagesSynchronous(MessagingController.java:2536)
    at com.android.email.MessagingController$11.run(Messa gingController.java:2466)
    at com.android.email.MessagingController.run(Messagin gController.java:312)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:1096)
    Caused by: com.android.email.mail.MessagingException: 554- 554 AOL will not
    accept delivery of this message
    at com.android.email.mail.transport.SmtpTransport.che ckLine(SmtpTransport.java:336)
    at com.android.email.mail.transport.SmtpTransport.exe cuteSimpleCommand(SmtpTransport.java:350)
    at com.android.email.mail.transport.SmtpTransport.sen dMessage(SmtpTransport.java:262)
    … 4 more

    any idea how this can be fixed?

  4. on 28 Dec 2009 at 5:17 am   Matt

    Scott, I have not been able to reproduce this error on the Motorola Droid (verizon). Which phone and which carrier are you using?

  5. on 28 Dec 2009 at 10:21 am   scott

    i am using the same as you droid on verizon with firmware 2.0.1 i can send to aol contacts fine but like if i sent to a gmail address or any other i get that error in k-9 and in the email app i dont get an error but it just doesnt send

  6. on 28 Dec 2009 at 11:43 am   Matt

    Scott, you may want to check junk or spam mail. For your testing, make sure you have a good subject and a return address?

    I have retested to all sorts email accounts; webmail(hotmail and gmail), corporate (exchange mail, qmail).

    I’m using the native mail client on the droid, have not used k-9.

  7. on 10 Mar 2010 at 7:56 pm   holgie

    I am not going to be original this time, so all I am going to say that your blog rocks, sad that I don’t have suck a writing skills

  8. on 10 Mar 2010 at 11:54 pm   Cyrstal Kolarik

    interesting post

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