And I prefer TB to AOL’s mail client any day.Īpologies if this is long winded and a bit of a brain dump. And I really don’t find AOL helpful when it comes to assisting with issues in third party apps. Seems all the ideas I’m thinking of will consume more time than I have. The older mail is really archivalable so the domain shouldn’t matter. Got other ideas too such as forwarding the TB mail to a throw away email account, setup IMAP and forward the mail from the throw away account back to TB. Ittoying with the idea of grabbing the profile and all it’s mail folders from the iMac and copy them to them MacBook, delete the account from TB altogether, recreate it with IMAP and restore the profile and all its mail folders from the backup. Tried copying mail from the POP3 account to the IMAP one to no avail.
Even tried generating and using the one time password and still no luck. I tried disabling that account in TB by unchecking the check for mail boxes in settings and the tried to setup a new child account with IMAP settings provided by AOL. I prefer NOT to delete the POP3 accounts I have until I know for sure IMAP working correctly.Īny suggestions? I’ve got one of the child accounts to use for testing as that account’s owner has migrated to gmail and could care less what happens to the account.
I now have a MacBook Pro and want to change to IMAP to keep the mail synched. At the time I had one Mac and retained POP3 settings in Thunderbird.ĪOL made things a bit more difficult not to long ago by requiring creation and use of a one time password in order for POP3 to keep working. Verizon partnered with AOL to host accounts. I’ve had mail accounts for years - a parent account and three children. When all emails are moved, and your IMAP account is working as expected, you can remove the POP account from your email client.Not sure if anyone else has run into this. Step 5 - Remove the POP account from your email client In most clients, you can simply drag folders from one account to another. Now it's time to move the emails from your POP account to your IMAP account. Step 4 - Move your emails to your IMAP account Note that your IMAP account is probably missing some emails. When you are done, check if you can send and receive emails and everything is working. You can find the correct settings here: How do I set up a mail account in for example Outlook? You should now set up your account with IMAP, using the new password.
You can check this guide on how to do this: How do I change my mail password? The easiest way to do this is by changing the password for the email account. Next, you need to disable the POP account in your email client to make sure that it cannot connect to the server. Check out the links below for instructions. If you are using Outlook then you need to make a backup of your. Start by making a local backup of your emails on your computer.
Step 1 - Make a local backup of your email
Step 1 - Make a local backup of your email Step 2 - Disable your POP account Step 3 - Set up your account with IMAP Step 4 - Move your emails to your IMAP account Step 5 - Remove the POP account from your email client Tip: If you want to know what the difference is between POP and IMAP, check this guide: What is IMAP and POP3? In this guide, we explain how to do this safely. Changing your email setup from POP to IMAP in the wrong order can cause your email to be deleted.