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Use SFTP for read/write access to AOL member space
How new is "AOL Connect" and whatnot? My grandparents are AOL members but I'm not (switched to EarthLink) and they're still using the client software (which I realized hadn't been updated for years); perhaps I should switch them over to Connect + Safari + Mail.
Use SFTP for read/write access to AOL member space
AOL IMAP support is coming up on its second anniversary. Note that if AOL is your parents' ISP, and they use dial-up, they'll still be dependent on the AOL client to get online. Once they're connected, as long as Mail is configured appropriately, they'll be able to read (and optionally copy and store) their messages within Mail. Also, some of the "power user" features of AOL mail (unsend, notify when read) don't work via IMAP accounts.If it were my parents, I'd have them stick with the AOL client, clunky and antiquated as it is, until it breaks -- unless they have more than one mail account they want to be able to view in a single Mail inbox. Or they REALLY hate all the non-mail AOL glitz enough to unlearn years of habit, and can re-train themselves to launch, sign on and hide the AOL client, then fire up Mail. ---
Use SFTP for read/write access to AOL member space
But I thought they could use the new AOL Connect instead of the full client software to go online--or is AOL Connect used for something else?
Use SFTP for read/write access to AOL member space
Thank heavens you posted this... I looked (half-heartedly, I admit) for a way to access my AOL mail through IMAP or POP. If you hadn't posted that, I would have forgotten my desires and continued using webmail (I rarely log in using the AOL app) |
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