set up email account

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hi,
firsy of all i am not that knowledgeable with computers. i just bought a lab
top w/ vista and 2007 software. i was trying to set up my email with windows
email and after i thought i completed everything i keep getting this message:

The host 'aol' could not be found. Please verify that you have entered the
server name correctly.
Subject 'hi', Account: 'aol', Server: 'aol', Protocol: SMTP, Port: 25,
Secure(SSL): No, Socket Error: 11001, Error Number: 0x800CCC0D.

can anyone please help me.
 
Answered in your previous post:
As the error message indicates, the host name "aol" is wrong.
The name of the outgoing (SMTP) mail server is smtp.aol.com,
and its port number is 587, not 25. For more info, see
http://members.aol.com/adamkb/aol/mailfaq/imap/

To make the corrections, go to Tools, Accounts, double-click
on the "aol" account, go to the Servers tab, make corrections there,
then go to the Advanced tab to make port number corrections.

Gary VanderMolen
 
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