set up outlook 2002 with aol

[Guest]

I am nearly at the end of my tether and have spent countless hours trying to
set up outlook to run with aol but to no avail.

I am running broadband
Aol9
and Microsoft outlook 2002

and would be really grateful for any help

 

[Brian Tillman]

I am nearly at the end of my tether and have spent countless hours
trying to set up outlook to run with aol but to no avail.

AOL's help pages contain instructions. You can also read this:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/assistance/HA010936921033.aspx

 

[Guest]

Brian Done all of that a thousand times, would nortons be my problem of the
fact that I am using wi fi and a router, just will not let me connect to
server.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Brian Done all of that a thousand times, would nortons be my problem

Could be. By "Norton", do you mean Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet
Security, or some other Symantec product?

of the fact that I am using wi fi and a router, just will not let me
connect to server.

The fact that you're using WiFi and a router shouldn't be contributing, but
it's possible. Can you open a command prompt window and ping the AOL
server? Can you telnet to port 110 or 25?

 

[Guest]

Brian,

Had to disable nortons firewall, then it worked think this should be added
to all Microsoft help pages as it has been an incredibly long frustrating
period so easily corrected.

simply had to reconfigure Firewall after.

 

[Brian Tillman]

Had to disable nortons firewall, then it worked think this should be
added to all Microsoft help pages as it has been an incredibly long
frustrating period so easily corrected.

Why should Microsoft publish that information, when it's obviously a
Symantec issue?

 

[Guest]

Simply because Nortons is the biggest firewall system. Ok dont mention
nortons just say somewhere in Microsofts step by step guides 'you may have to
disable any firewall, and the re configure it'. Thought that would be a
helpful suggestion.