What is better than getting a large email account — AIM Mail — for free and being able to access it from anywhere with just a browser? Accessing that same account comfortably in your favorite email program — IncrediMail —, of course.
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It's a pity IncrediMail does not use AIM Mail's powerful IMAP features to any extent (you could access mail archived in online folders, for example), but AIM Mail in IncrediMail still works handsomely. And it is easy to set up.
Access a Free AIM Mail Account with IncrediMail
To retrieve mail from an AIM Mail account in IncrediMail and send messages, too:
- Select Tools | Accounts... from the menu.
- Click Add.
- Make sure Let me configure settings myself is selected.
- Click Next >.
- Type your name under Your name is:.
- Enter your full AIM Mail email address ("homers@aim.com", for example) under Your email address:.
- Click Next >.
- Make sure IMAP is selected under My incoming mail server type is.
- Verify "imap.aim.com" is entered under Incoming mail server: and "smtp.aim.com" under Outgoing mail server:.
- Click Next >.
- Leave the Username: field untouched.
- Enter your AIM Mail password under Pasword:.
- Click Finish.
- Now click OK.
- Highlight the new AIM Mail account.
- Click Properties.
- Go to the Servers tab.
- Make sure My server requires authentication is checked under Outgoing Mail Server.
- Click OK.
- Click Close.
