Before moving ahead towards the core topic of this read “How to configure the settings of AOL Verizon email?” it is necessary to understand “How AOL is connected with Verizon?”
Well! Verizon was an email service provider earlier, but after getting a tough competition with way too sophisticated technology-based easy-going email service providers, they decided to retire their mailing services.
But, they retired their services so that the users can access their emails using other platforms such as AOL, Gmail, Outlook, etc. So, there is no rocket science in accessing the Verizon email services by adding your account to any of these platforms. You can also change the SMTP, IMAP, and POP settings of the Verizon server.
But, if you want to change the AOL Verizon email settings, you may get an error because AOL does not allow third-party apps to send and receive emails. So if you want to do you need to change the settings such as servers and port numbers according to AOL Mail. Follow the read further, if you don’t know how to do so.
Set up AOL Verizon email POP settings
Here’s the step-by-step guide that you can follow for configuring the AOL Verizon email settings easily.
- Launch the AOL Mail application and log in to your account.
- Go to the “Settings” option and move towards the “Accounts and import” option.
- Navigate to the “Accounts and Import” section and click “Add an email account”.
- Input the complete Verizon email address and hit “Next”.
- Here, fill in the information such as:
- For AOL Verizon email POP settings: POP Server Name: pop.verizon.net (for AOL Verizon email), POP Port Number: 995, Encryption: SSL.
- For AOL Verizon email SMPT settings: SMTP Server Name: smtp.verizon.net, SMTP Port Number: 465 (SSL) / 587 (TLS), Encryption: SSL / TLS, Username: your full email address (xxxx@verizon.net), Password: your email account password
- For AOL Verizon email IMAP settings: IMAP Server Name: imap.aol.com (for Verizon AOL), IMAP Port Number: 993, Encryption: SSL.
- Here verify your credentials and finalize the settings changes by clicking “Add account”.
This is how you can access your Verizon mail on your AOL account by setting up the AOL Verizon email settings.
In a similar manner, you can change the settings on the Verizon server using other platforms such as Gmail or Microsoft outlook.
The Bottom Line!
In this read, I've elucidated an intact method to set up AOL Verizon email settings , so using this guide you are not only able to configure settings but can add your Verizon email account with other accounts as well so that you can send and receive emails using the Verizon email address. It is needed because Verizon has retired its platform and migrated its mailing services to AOL Mail or Yahoo Mail.
