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Access AOL email via IMAP in mail clients
Authored by: googoo on Apr 07, '04 12:39:50PM

I do not use AOL, so this is pure speculation ...

Some dial-up services do not allow access to their SMTP servers unless the user is connected via dial-up (i.e., has a local IP address). I use Earthlink dial-up, but I cannot access their SMTP server from my office Ethernet. I have to use either Postfix on my Mac or my university's SMTP server to send a message "from" my Earthlink account. Could AOL be configured the same way?

-Mark



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Access AOL email via IMAP in mail clients
Authored by: gsgm on Apr 07, '04 02:43:42PM

I can't check this while I am at work, but your hypothisys sounds correct.

AOL forces you to be logged in with thier client before you can FTP to the members.aol.com area (Which is the place where an AOL customer's web site is stored)



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Access AOL email via IMAP in mail clients
Authored by: jrybolt on Apr 07, '04 02:44:08PM

It could very well be something like this, however as for your Earthlink problem (even though this is slightly off topic - although AOL might have a similar setup) use smtpauth.earthlink.net instead of smtp.earthlink.net when you are accessing Earthlink email while not connected to Earthlink via dial-up or Earthlink highspeed.



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