{"id":478,"date":"2012-09-23T14:49:05","date_gmt":"2012-09-23T13:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/?p=478"},"modified":"2012-09-23T14:49:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-23T13:49:05","slug":"how-to-setup-a-free-aol-email-account","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/23\/how-to-setup-a-free-aol-email-account\/","title":{"rendered":"How to setup a free AOL email account."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>How to setup a free AOL email account.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-462\" title=\"Hints and Tips\" src=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips.png\" alt=\"Hints and Tips\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips.png 200w, http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Hints_Tips-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Open your web browser of choice and type mail.aol.com into your address bar and press enter.<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the right hand side under the Blue \u201cSign In\u201d button is a link called \u201cSign up for a free account\u201d click this.<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AOL will now offer you a screen to allow you to setup your email account. Enter the requested information.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Your First Name.<\/li>\n<li>Middle Initial <em>(optional)<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Your Last Name.<\/li>\n<li>Pick a User Name \u2013 this will be your actual email account e.g. yourname@aol.com. If your chosen username is not available AOL will offer you some similar alternatives, you are not obligated to choose one of these, you can start again if you wish.<\/li>\n<li>Enter your password of choice, see our recent post on <a href=\"..\/2011\/07\/13\/how-to-create-a-secure-password\/\">creating a secure password.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Renter your password to confirm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click Next.<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AOL will now ask for some more information<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Data of Birth\n<ol>\n<li>Month<\/li>\n<li>Day<\/li>\n<li>Year<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<li>Your Gender<\/li>\n<li>Your Zip Code (Post code)<\/li>\n<li>Select a security Question. \u2013 This is used to help prove your identity in the future or if you forget your password.<\/li>\n<li>Enter a answer to the above question.<\/li>\n<li>Mobile Phone Number (optional). \u2013 This is used to help prove your identity in the future or if you forget your password.<\/li>\n<li>Alternate Email (optional). \u2013 This is used to help prove your identity in the future or if you forget your password.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Click Next.<\/p>\n<p>7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AOL will now ask you to prove you are not an automated robot by entering the characters you can see in the box provided.<\/p>\n<p>8)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 When you are happy click \u201cSign Up\u201d \u2013 by clicking this button you are agreeing to their terms and conditions.<\/p>\n<p>9)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AOL will now display a Congratulations screen showing you your username and also your security question and its answer. AOL will also offer you the chance to download its browser tool bar. This is optional, to turn it down unselect the tick box.<\/p>\n<p>10)\u00a0 That\u2019s it AOL will now take you to its main webmail interface.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To send your first email click on the email icon at the top left hand side under the AOL Logo.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Type the recipients email in the To: box<\/li>\n<li>Type your messages subject in the Subject: box<\/li>\n<li>Type the main body of email in the large box underneath<\/li>\n<li>When you are happy click the send envelope icon located just above the To: box.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it you have successfully created a AOL free Email account and sent your first email.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>AOL and all images are the property and copy write of AOL.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>If you would like us to help you set up an email account for you or if you want a more professional business email account please <a href=\"http:\/\/vennercorp.com\/html\/contact_us.php\">contact us<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to setup a free AOL email account. 1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Open your web browser of choice and type mail.aol.com into your address bar and press enter. 2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the right hand side under the Blue \u201cSign In\u201d button is a link called \u201cSign up for a free account\u201d click this. 3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 AOL will now offer you&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/23\/how-to-setup-a-free-aol-email-account\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How to setup a free AOL email account.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[105,78,57,1],"tags":[79,9,99],"class_list":["post-478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email-2","category-hints-and-tips","category-internet","category-uncategorized","tag-email","tag-free","tag-hints-tips","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":522,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478\/revisions\/522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.vennercorp.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}