What is a good pop3 service to use?

Setting up Microsoft Outlook 2003 version. It's asking me what type of email service I use (POP3,HTTP,IMAP)?

• I have my main email account through Aol. Which of the types would it be? I have no clue.

• Answer:

  AOL allows both POP3 and IMAP. You have a choice. POP3 seems more common. IMAP allows for a closer resemblance between the web version and the downloaded computer version of your email, if you sometimes check your mail from different locations. Your "Read" and "Unread" messages will be the same, and your folder structure will be the same. See instructions below: Access an AOL Email Account with any POP Email Program To access an AOL email account using POP: * Create a new account with the following configuration options: o POP server: pop.aol.com. o POP login: your AOL screenname. o POP password: your AOL screenname password. o POP port: 995. o SSL required: yes Access an AOL Email Account with any IMAP Email Program To access an AOL email account using IMAP: * Make sure you email client supports IMAP. * Create a new account with the following configuration options: o IMAP server: imap.aol.com. o IMAP login: your AOL screenname. o IMAP password: your AOL screenname password. o IMAP port: 993. o IMAP SSL required: yes. If you access your AOL email account with your favorite email client using IMAP and want to send email, too, you should set up outgoing mail through AOL as well. But even if you have another email server to send your mail through, sending through AOL's servers has the benefit that emails you send show up in the Sent Mail folder in your AOL account. Set Up Outgoing (SMTP) AOL Email in Any Email Program To set up your email program to send mail through AOL: * Set the outgoing (SMTP) mail server to smtp.aol.com. * Make sure SMTP authentication is enabled for this server. * Enter your screenname as the user name and * your AOL screennname's password as the password. * Make sure the SMTP server port is set to 587.