"Brian Tillman" wrote in message
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NealM wrote:

I have read about needing to use IMAP rather than POP for the
incoming mail server so when I created the profile I selected IMAP,
rather than the usual POP.

For the incoming mail server I have typed
"mail.stirlingnarrowboats.co.uk" (this is the info given by the
hosting company)
For the outgoing server I have typed "imap.aol.com"

For an IMAP account, imap.aol.com would be the incoming server. You could
certainly use mail.stirlingnarrowboats.co.uk as an outgoing server (it it
accepts SMTP) or as an incoming server for a POP account. You appear to
have specified things backward.
--
Brian Tillman

I have this exact same issue for a client. Are we saying - for sure - that
AOL will not allow you to send through their SMTP gateway unless the email
address (from) is the AOL screen name?

Also - there must be another way round this - sending via another SMTP
server - but from what I can see AOL blocks this as well...?

Regards

Jim