aol and the 650 - Treo Forums

arkavator · 02-16-2005, 12:20 AM

I'm trying to set up my brand new 650. Have hit a road block in setting up the versamail with my aol account. Any assistance will be appreciated.

chris · 02-16-2005, 06:24 AM

According to PalmOne, you have to set up an IMAP account. They redirect you to AOL and this is what they have to say on the subject:

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Can I read and send AOL e-mail using other e-mail applications?

AOL e-mail can be sent and received using other e-mail applications by setting up a connection to AOL’s e-mail servers. Setting up access to the servers is relatively simple, and the settings are similar for most e-mail applications.

The incoming e-mail server is an IMAP server. You will need to ensure that your e-mail application supports the IMAP protocol and you will have to select IMAP at some point during the setup process.

The outgoing e-mail server is an SMTP server. The SMTP server requires authentication, and you will have to select this feature at some point during the setup process. Using an authenticated SMTP server means that in order to send e-mail you must log in the SMTP server with a user name and password. The user name and password are the same as your AOL screen name and password. In addition, you need to change the outgoing mail (SMTP) port number to 587.

Incoming e-mail server address: imap.aol.com.

Outgoing e-mail server address: smtp.aol.com.

tonyg · 06-04-2005, 12:18 AM

AOL 3.3 was working just fine on my Treo 650 for 2 weeks. Then it just ceased to connect. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions on how to fix it.?

greeniis · 06-04-2005, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by tonyg

AOL 3.3 was working just fine on my Treo 650 for 2 weeks. Then it just ceased to connect. Anyone else have this problem? Any suggestions on how to fix it.?

This happened to me about a week ago. I was not able to do anything that seemed to fix it. (I tried uninstalling and reinstalling, soft reset, battery removal and reinsertion...)

Then about 24 hours or so later, it started connecting again without any problems, and still seems fine.

Who knows? Maybe yours will do the same.

As far as AOL and Versamail, you should be able to get your mail manually when you set it up as described by Chris, but you may not be able to auto sync.