Steps to Import AOL mail to Thunderbird MBOX File Format

AOL or America Online Mail is a web-based email service having unlimited storage capacity generated from Verizon Communications. It has the capability protect from SPAM, virus, etc and also it provides spell checking capability. But one of the main drawbacks of this application is it will get deactivated if it is inactive for 90 days and also it will get deleted if it is not accessed for 180 days. One of the best and possible solutions for this difficulty is import AOL mail to Thunderbird, Outlook and other email client applications like these.

If we consider Mozilla Thunderbird for this migration purpose, then it has so many advantages. Because, it is a free, open source and cross-platform email client. Nowadays, Thunderbird is used in the worldwide for the database creation and transfer purposes. So, here in this write-up, we are going to discuss the importance and techniques to add AOL account to Thunderbird.

Need to Import AOL Mail to Thunderbird

     1. AOL has very low signal strength, so, the user can’t log in for a large period of time.
     2. Sometimes when signing into AOL account will cause to freeze the Internet window.
     3. Chance for receiving spam messages to the inbox.
     4. It will take time to load as well as close.

Techniques to Add AOL Account to Thunderbird

Manual Tricks to Export AOL Email to Thunderbird

Approach#1:

To import AOL mail to Thunderbird, follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Open Thunderbird and go to “Account Settings” option if you cannot see this menu then press the Alt key.

Step 2: Choose the option “Account Actions”.

Step 3: Select the option “Add Mail Account” from the menu which appears.

Step 4: Then provide the details of AOL account including name, email address, password and then click “Continue”.

Step 5: Pick the radio button “IMAP”.

Step 6: Otherwise you can choose “POP3” so that Thunderbird can download the new mails from AOL.

Step 7: After that click “Done” and then click “OK”.

Approach#2:

Let’s check the second method to import AOL mail to Thunderbird.

Step 1: Open Mozilla Thunderbird and then go to the option “Account settings”.

Step 2: Click the option “Add Account”.

Step 3: Provide the AOL mail account details including name, email address, password and then click “Continue”.

Step 4: From the incoming server option, select “IMAP” and enter “imap.aol.com”.

Step 5: Provide the descriptive name under the Account Name option and then click “Continue” and then “Done”.

Step 6: From the list, choose Outgoing Server and then click “Add”.

Step 7: Type AOL Email under the description.

Step 8: Provide server name as “smtp.aol.com” and port “587” and then check the username and password.

Step 9: Select AOL account from the given account list and then provide AOL email in the Outgoing Server (SMTP) as smtp.aol.com and then finally click on “OK”.

Professional Approach to Import AOL Mail to Thunderbird

The above-mentioned methods for AOL Thunderbird Configuration is so easy and can be implemented manually. As we know everything has the advantage and disadvantage, here these manual procedures are time-consuming, and also it is not a good method in case of a user with a large amount of data because it will make difficulties while the migration. So, here we are going to introduce one professional solution named as SysTools AOL Backup. The utility is specially designed to create the backup of AOL mail in different file formats. It will help to create .mbox backup and then you can import AOL mail into Thunderbird easily.

Features of AOL Backup Software:

     a, Provision to export AOL mail to MBOX, PST, EML, and MSG formats
     b, It can export all emails including inbox, sent items, drafts, etc.
     c, Filtering application available via date.
     d, Customize Internet Bandwidth option is available.
     e, Supports America Online 9.7/9.6/9.5/9./8 & below versions.

Verdict

From this article, you can get all the ideas regarding AOL Mail backup including the necessity and different techniques. Most of the times the users need to import AOL mail to Thunderbird because of the great functionalities of Thunderbird which lacks behind in AOL. So, from here you can get manual and professional approach to perform AOL Backup. Most of the users prefer third-party tools like SysTools AOL Backup to get the perfect solution without any hurdle.