Tuesday, 4 October 2011

Add About.me IMAP email account to Sparrow

About.me is a free 'personal profile page' which can be linked to a user's content on the web. This is my about.me page. They recently added a linked email account using Aol Mail with the about.me username for the email address.
Sparrow is a Mac OS X email client available in the Mac App Store or via Sparrow's website.

1. In Sparrow: Open Preferences

  1. Click on Accounts
  2. Click the +


2. Add About.me details

  1. Enter your about.me email details and password
  2. Click Create


3. Add the About.me Incoming Mail Server

  1. Enter the about.me Incoming Mail Server: imap.aol.com
  2. If you enter the email and password in the previous step, when you enter the email address in again the password in automatically filled in. Leave the 'Secure connection' box checked (the default setting).
  3. Click Next


4. Add the About.me Outgoing Mail Server

  1. Enter the about.me Outgoing Mail Server: smtp.aol.com
  2. Enter the Port number: 587
  3. Login and Password are autofilled and are the same as before. Leave the two boxes checked (the default setting)
  4. Click Next


5. The About.me Account successfully added