How do I configure Outlook 2003 to send messages through AOL?

[Margey]

I'm sometimes stuck at a location with only dial-up capability or AOL
Broadband. How do I configure Outlook to send outgoing mail through the AOL
portal? I can receive mail fine, just can't respond to anyone or initiate a
message in Outlook. It just sits in my Outbox and I receive a message that
the connection to my server has been interrupted.

Thanks --

 

[Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]]

Check the AOL help files on their site. They have the configuration
requirements.

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Margey asked:

| I'm sometimes stuck at a location with only dial-up capability or AOL
| Broadband. How do I configure Outlook to send outgoing mail through
| the AOL portal? I can receive mail fine, just can't respond to anyone
| or initiate a message in Outlook. It just sits in my Outbox and I
| receive a message that the connection to my server has been
| interrupted.
|
| Thanks --

 

[Margey]

AOL only has config info for receiving AOL mail in Outlook, not for
configuring Outlook to send email through the AOL portal. My problem is that
I cannot send Outlook email when I have to do it through AOL.

Unless I'm missing something in the "open mail" page on AOL . . .

Thanks --

Margey

 

[Hal Hostetler [MVP P/I]]

See if these pages help:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010936921033.aspx
Use Outlook with AOL e-mail
http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/
Accessing the AOL Mail System using IMAP & Authenticated SMTP - An
Unofficial Guide
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/imap/outlook02.html
How do I use Outlook 2002 and 2003 to read and send AOL e-mail?
http://help.aol.com/help/siteLoginU...ol.com&authLev=1&siteState=&lang=en&locale=us
How to Use Microsoft® Outlook® 2002 and 2003 to Read and Send AOL® E-mail.

Hal
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Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

AOL only has config info for receiving AOL mail in Outlook, not for
configuring Outlook to send email through the AOL portal. My problem is that
I cannot send Outlook email when I have to do it through AOL.

Unless I'm missing something in the "open mail" page on AOL . . .

Thanks --

Margey

Check the AOL help files on their site. They have the configuration
requirements.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Margey asked:

| I'm sometimes stuck at a location with only dial-up capability or AOL
| Broadband. How do I configure Outlook to send outgoing mail through
| the AOL portal? I can receive mail fine, just can't respond to anyone
| or initiate a message in Outlook. It just sits in my Outbox and I
| receive a message that the connection to my server has been
| interrupted.
|
| Thanks --

 

[Margey]

Thanks, Hal, but it looks like these links tell me how to open AOL in
Outlook, not how to send Outlook messages through AOL. I sometimes only have
access to AOL Broadband, so I have to first launch AOL and then Outlook. I
can receive Outlook messages but not send them when I'm hooked up through AOL.

Margey

See if these pages help:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010936921033.aspx
Use Outlook with AOL e-mail
http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/
Accessing the AOL Mail System using IMAP & Authenticated SMTP - An
Unofficial Guide
http://postmaster.info.aol.com/imap/outlook02.html
How do I use Outlook 2002 and 2003 to read and send AOL e-mail?
http://help.aol.com/help/siteLoginU...ol.com&authLev=1&siteState=&lang=en&locale=us
How to Use Microsoft® Outlook® 2002 and 2003 to Read and Send AOL® E-mail.

Hal
--
Hal Hostetler, CPBE -- (e-mail address removed)
Senior Engineer/MIS -- MS MVP-Print/Imaging -- WA7BGX
http://www.kvoa.com -- "When News breaks, we fix it!"
KVOA Television, Tucson, AZ. NBC Channel 4
Still Cadillacin' - www.badnewsbluesband.com

AOL only has config info for receiving AOL mail in Outlook, not for
configuring Outlook to send email through the AOL portal. My problem is that
I cannot send Outlook email when I have to do it through AOL.

Unless I'm missing something in the "open mail" page on AOL . . .

Thanks --

Margey

Check the AOL help files on their site. They have the configuration
requirements.

--Â
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Margey asked:

| I'm sometimes stuck at a location with only dial-up capability or AOL
| Broadband. How do I configure Outlook to send outgoing mail through
| the AOL portal? I can receive mail fine, just can't respond to anyone
| or initiate a message in Outlook. It just sits in my Outbox and I
| receive a message that the connection to my server has been
| interrupted.
|
| Thanks --