Import from AOL Mail

To copy your mail from AOL Mail, you make an app password in your AOL account and give it to the import. AOL Mail isn't changed: we only read it.

Make an app passwordCopy Anchor Link

1. Sign in to AOL and open your account settings (Account info), then Account security.
2. Choose Generate app password (it may be called Generate and manage app passwords).
3. Type a name you'll recognise, like "AnhourMail import", and generate it.
4. AOL shows the password once. Copy it: you'll paste it into the import.

AOL changes its menus from time to time, so the names above may differ a little. Searching AOL's help for "app password" finds the current steps.

Start the importCopy Anchor Link

1. In the console, open Import mail and choose New import.
2. Under Provider, choose AOL Mail. The server settings are filled in for you:

3. Type your full AOL address as the User name, paste the App password, and choose Start import.

Your folders, Sent, Drafts and Archive arrive in the matching places here. The rest is the same for every provider: see Move your mail here.

If AOL refuses the sign-inCopy Anchor Link

The import says Needs you: the old provider refused the sign-in. Check that you used the app password, not your usual AOL password, and your full AOL address as the user name. Then make a new app password and choose Resume with it.

When you're done, delete the app password in AOL's account security settings.