Aol Desktop Gold
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AOL Desktop Gold is among several leading email providers
present in the world. Today’s generation gives a lot of importance to the
aspect of interconnectivity. Most often it is seen that users have different
accounts which would cater to their different needs such as, a different email
ID for their personal as well as business correspondence. One of the features
that makes AOL Desktop Gold so much appreciated is that it facilitates
interconnectivity. It is compatible with most of the operating systems and webmail
services, of which Microsoft Outlook is also one. When required AOL Desktop
Gold users can access their account with the help of Microsoft Outlook from
their computer or mobile device. Even though the users get to access this
feature, it is not that simple. Users have often found this process to not be
that smooth and have come across certain difficulties while trying to access
their account using Microsoft Outlook. If you find yourself in a similar
position after you are completely done with the update of AOL
Desktop Gold , you can follow this blog to understand the
troubleshooting methods of this issue. This kind of login errors is mostly
because of inconsistency in the account settings.
Ways to troubleshoot this error
If you are trying to log in to your AOL Desktop Gold account
using Microsoft Outlook, then the first thing that you would need to ensure is
that you have properly synced your AOL account with Microsoft Outlook. After
that make sure that the internet connection on your system is functioning
properly so that the syncing of AOL and Outlook account would face no problems.
Once the internet connection is established you would need to connect your AOL
Desktop Gold account with Microsoft Outlook. Always ensure that you enter the
correct server settings manually, so take your time and ensure that the
complete process is done accurately.
The steps to be followed are given below :
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Access your Microsoft Outlook on your device and
then proceed to the ‘Account Settings’.
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Choose the option of ‘Add Account’ and select
the option of ‘Manual Setup or Additional Server types’.
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Choose the ‘IMAP or POP’ option that is
available.
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Using the information that has been given below,
fill the required fields.
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Account type: IMAP.
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Incoming Mail Server: imap.aol.com
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Outgoing Mail Server (SMTP): smtp.aol.com
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Further, when you reach the section of login
information, use your AOL Desktop username and password to log in.
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Advance to the next section by opting for ‘More
Settings’ and then choose ‘Outgoing Server’.
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Select the options that read as ‘Use same
Settings as my incoming mail server’.
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Now click the option of adding advanced settings
and then enter the following information.
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Incoming Server (IMAP): 993 or 143.
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Incoming server encrypted connection: SSL.
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Outgoing Server (SMTP): 587.
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Outgoing server encrypted connection: TLS.
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a Username to AOL Desktop Gold
After you have made the necessary changes, ensure that the
info added in appropriate especially the data entered in the ‘Advanced
settings’ field. If you find all the info to be accurate choose the ‘OK’ button
and close the program. Also keep in mind that for your changes to be saved, you
would have to restart Microsoft Outlook. The steps that have been mentioned
above are the easiest way to troubleshoot the AOL Desktop Gold error on
Microsoft Outlook. If you wish to not encounter this issue complete this
process as soon as you finish the ‘install AOL
Desktop Gold’ process.