It's happening - AOL jumps into free e-mail business - Page 10

Ennis · 22 Jul 2005, 02:45 AM

I cancelled my AOL Canada account. I was told I could keep my AOL ID and address for 99 cents a month. I now have my AOL address on AOL free mail. The difference between that and AIM mail is that AIM has 2GB amd AOL webmail has 100 MB. I set up an AIM account, separate from my AOL account, just to check it out. I like it, except for the advertising, but I can live with that. Unlike Gmail, it's IMAP. To me that's a huge bonus because of the folders I like to always have at my disposal.

kaptitsky · 22 Jul 2005, 04:03 AM

That's brilliant on AOL's part.

You remain listed as a paying subscriber, but you pay $12/year rather than $288 a year or even $60, the previous cheap date.

And using IMAP, you avoid all the bloody ads.

Cheap price to keep a legacy email address.

Ennis · 22 Jul 2005, 04:06 AM

By allowing you to keep the address, they perpetuate the brand.

kaptitsky · 30 Jul 2005, 05:27 AM

Just for the record, the @aim.com addresses I had that were broken, old @aol.com accounts that gave errors on login, now both work.

So they cleaned a bit more up, which is good.

Edit: I was wrong. Webmail login works for all three accounts, but two of them still give a "this account has been cancelled" message when logging into the IMAP server imap.aim.com

kaptitsky · 3 Sep 2005, 10:35 AM

Those two AIM.com addresses I had problems with?

They both work in webmail and IMAP now.

And they both recieve mail addressed to @AIM.COM and @AOL.COM.

Wacky.

trew · 4 Oct 2005, 06:41 AM

Sorry me taking this up again.

What do they prefer us to use?

Do they want us to use imap.aim.com or imap.aol.com?

I'm trying to learn opera mail again using imap and it fails me.

Trew

Javier · 4 Oct 2005, 07:22 AM

Hi, Trew:

I have 4 email clients all using imap.aim.com and everything works fine (yesterday configured the last one of the clients). But I have problems using standard IMAP port (143). Therefore, I instruct them to use SSL connection to the IMAP server and port 993.

kaptitsky · 4 Oct 2005, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by trew
Sorry me taking this up again.

What do they prefer us to use?

Do they want us to use imap.aim.com or imap.aol.com?

I'm trying to learn opera mail again using imap and it fails me.

Trew

Both work for incoming mail.

However, outgoing mail requires smtp.aim.com to envelope authenticate, so using imap.aim.com seems to be consistent.

trew · 4 Oct 2005, 08:25 PM

Thanks for suggesting things. I tested the SSL 993 and that worked too but it says

Quote:

The server's certificate did not match its hostname. Accept?

which I does but it still fails?

So I decided to go back to using imap.aim.com at insecure port 143 cause it is annoying to ahve to make all the extra clicks.

thanks again.

Trew

NotSHORE · 5 Oct 2005, 01:53 PM

Do you all know if it will show me if someone logs into my email if i am logged into AIM instant messenger... if they log into my mail just with internet explorer... will it alert me, since i am on? I want to know cause i think someone checked my mail when i was on.
THANKS

trew · 6 Oct 2005, 06:24 AM

Couldn't ypur most trusted friend do it while you talk to him or her over the phone? then you could look for sign of it?

Hope others with better insight read this so they get interested in your question.

Trew

30 Jul 2005, 05:27 AM	#139
kaptitsky The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,186	Just for the record, the @aim.com addresses I had that were broken, old @aol.com accounts that gave errors on login, now both work. So they cleaned a bit more up, which is good. Edit: I was wrong. Webmail login works for all three accounts, but two of them still give a "this account has been cancelled" message when logging into the IMAP server imap.aim.com Last edited by kaptitsky : 31 Jul 2005 at 05:58 AM.

22 Jul 2005, 02:45 AM	#136
Ennis Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 984	I cancelled my AOL Canada account. I was told I could keep my AOL ID and address for 99 cents a month. I now have my AOL address on AOL free mail. The difference between that and AIM mail is that AIM has 2GB amd AOL webmail has 100 MB. I set up an AIM account, separate from my AOL account, just to check it out. I like it, except for the advertising, but I can live with that. Unlike Gmail, it's IMAP. To me that's a huge bonus because of the folders I like to always have at my disposal.

22 Jul 2005, 04:03 AM	#137
kaptitsky The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,186	That's brilliant on AOL's part. You remain listed as a paying subscriber, but you pay $12/year rather than $288 a year or even $60, the previous cheap date. And using IMAP, you avoid all the bloody ads. Cheap price to keep a legacy email address.

22 Jul 2005, 04:06 AM	#138
Ennis Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 984	By allowing you to keep the address, they perpetuate the brand.

3 Sep 2005, 10:35 AM	#140
kaptitsky The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 2,186	Those two AIM.com addresses I had problems with? They both work in webmail and IMAP now. And they both recieve mail addressed to @AIM.COM and @AOL.COM. Wacky.

4 Oct 2005, 06:41 AM	#141
trew Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 836	Sorry me taking this up again. What do they prefer us to use? Do they want us to use imap.aim.com or imap.aol.com? I'm trying to learn opera mail again using imap and it fails me. Trew

4 Oct 2005, 07:22 AM	#142
Javier Master of the @ Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Madrid, Spain Posts: 1,344	Hi, Trew: I have 4 email clients all using imap.aim.com and everything works fine (yesterday configured the last one of the clients). But I have problems using standard IMAP port (143). Therefore, I instruct them to use SSL connection to the IMAP server and port 993.

5 Oct 2005, 01:53 PM	#145
NotSHORE Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 1	Do you all know if it will show me if someone logs into my email if i am logged into AIM instant messenger... if they log into my mail just with internet explorer... will it alert me, since i am on? I want to know cause i think someone checked my mail when i was on. THANKS

6 Oct 2005, 06:24 AM	#146
trew Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sweden Posts: 836	Couldn't ypur most trusted friend do it while you talk to him or her over the phone? then you could look for sign of it? Hope others with better insight read this so they get interested in your question. Trew