can't send from aol mail account

[Matthew Markell]

I've got an Aol Mail account. I can read messages through IMAP, but when I try to send anything, I get a "Failed to send message. Recipient address <email address hidden> not accepted by the server" I tried several known email addresses; none work.

[Sergio Spinatelli (spinatelli)]

Have you tried changing servers to imap.aim.com and smtp.aim.com?

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

I just tried, and it did not work. I have always used smtp.aol.com in
Thunderbird,etc.

On 02/28/2011 02:09 PM, Sergio Spinatelli wrote:
> Have you tried changing servers to imap.aim.com and smtp.aim.com?
>

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

Just tried and it doesn't work. I've always used smtp.aol.com before in
everything.

On 02/28/2011 02:09 PM, Sergio Spinatelli wrote:
> Have you tried changing servers to imap.aim.com and smtp.aim.com?
>

[Cris Dywan (kalikiana)]

Try changing the port to 587.

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

I don't see a place to change what port is used.

On 02/28/2011 05:48 PM, Christian Dywan wrote:
> Try changing the port to 587.
>

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

OK, I just upgraded to the daily build PPA, and I changed the port to
587. Still no luck though, it fails with the same error as before.

On 02/28/2011 05:48 PM, Christian Dywan wrote:
> Try changing the port to 587.
>

[Sergio Spinatelli (spinatelli)]

I set up a dummy aol mail account just to try and found out that it works using these settings:
address: <email address hidden>

Receiving server: imap.aim.com
username: <email address hidden> this could be your problem
sending server: smtp.aim.com
sending port: 587

This works here..

[Cris Dywan (kalikiana)]

As of now port 465 is also an option for testing, secure SMTP supported by AOL.

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

I tried these settings, except that my email address ends in .com, and
it still had the same problem.

On 03/01/2011 03:45 AM, Sergio Spinatelli wrote:
> I set up a dummy aol mail account just to try and found out that it works using these settings:
> address: <email address hidden>
>
> Receiving server: imap.aim.com
> username: <email address hidden> this could be your problem
> sending server: smtp.aim.com
> sending port: 587
>
> This works here..
>

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

I tried this, it sat there for a while then timed out.

On 03/01/2011 06:54 AM, Christian Dywan wrote:
> As of now port 465 is also an option for testing, secure SMTP supported
> by AOL.
>

[Matthew Markell (markellmtthw)]

Just an update: I still can not get Postler to successfully send mail through an AOL account. Running daily builds...

[nalcx (nalcx)]

I have the same issue as described above with Lavabit.com and my university email. The email begins to send but then I recieve an error saying that it is rejected by the server.