AOL Desktop Gold
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Emails with no @ ?
I keep getting emails no @ just letters no emails address can't aol just not accept them?
Please open Settings – Mail – General, there is an option “View email addresses” or “Sender’s name”
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Removal of the automatic imbedding of attachments in sending email
I don't want attachments imbedded in email and it just started after November Windows update of 2019. Slows mail, especially when more than one attachment has to be sent for signatures
The image shows embedded only on the recipients end if the picture is Attached and not inserted.
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When I log in to AOL from Microsoft Edge, it automatically shows my email without asking me to log in. How can I stop this???
I do not want to be able to see my email without asking for my password. Logging in from Microsoft Edge automatically loads my email without my password. How do I prevent this?
I think we may have a solution for you! Try clearing your cookies, cache, and history by following the info here: http://aol.it/1KTJUg6
Also, please make sure that “remember me” box is unchecked.
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got hacked called AOL they claim they can't help with lost mail and contacts why do I pay for this service and get nothing case#10762099 ses
you can actually help when asked
We’re sorry to hear about your experience. It’s certainly our expectation and desire that you receive the highest quality service when working with customer support. We’re sad to hear that it sounds like you did not.
Rest assured that we’ve captured your complaint and will make sure your experience is shared with others in an effort to prevent this in the future.
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I have over 6000 emails. I keep getting more as I don't have time to read them all. Delete them all or?
Delete all emails or save all emails. I don't have time to read 6000 emails.
To delete multiple emails:
1. In your Mailbox window, press and hold the Ctrl key on your keyboard, and then select the emails that you wish to delete.
2. Click Delete.
To delete multiple consecutive emails:
1. In your Mailbox window click the first email that you wish to delete.
2. Now, hold the Shift key down, and click the last email in the list. This will select all the emails between the first email and the last email that you have selected.
3. Click Delete.
If you have any other questions call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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How about showing a little love for your fee paying customers? 30 minutes on hold! All mail going into spam. No way to stop it and no AOL
All mail goes into spam folder. Talked to your folks and they agreed after taking over my computer that any mail sent to me going to spam. They told me they were in contact with the high tect people and would be back in contact with me. Stay off the phone for the call... HA 4 days ago...I am a 25 years fee paying customer of AOL.. May not make 26!!!!
We’re sorry to hear about your experience. It’s certainly our expectation and desire that you receive the highest quality service when working with customer support. We’re sad to hear that it sounds like you did not.
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categories add or delete in address book
Can not add or delete any categories in my address book. the Group is fine the group option on the bottom works
You can add a category in AOL Desktop Gold, by following these steps:
1. Open the AOL Desktop Gold and sign on.
2. Click on the Mail button on the toolbar, and select Address Book.
3. Click on a contact you want to add to a category, then select the Edit option.
4. Click on the ‘Auto-Added’ button on the top right corner of the Address Card window, and select ‘Add New’ from the drop-down menu.
5. Type the name of the new category, and click ‘Add’.
6. Click ‘Save’ at the bottom of the Address Card window.
In order to delete a category, you will need to remove all the contacts from it, by editing the contact and adding it to another category (you can add regular contacts to the ‘General’ category).
Please note, that the default category’s cannot be deleted (e.g. Auto-Added, Co-Workers, Family, Friends, Uncategorized, General). -
Stop making every question go to the question and answer
Have AOL revert back to saving an email if is still open. Just because it is sitting idle does not mean that someone is not working on working on it.
For example, I have been with AOL since 1990s and I have seen upgrades where, if a machine goes to sleep, the application has saved the data responded at periodic times so at least not all of the reply is lost. This is not the case as I have completed my reply and went to scan the attachments into a black and white version so that I could send it…
Please go to Settings – Mail – Advanced – check ‘Autosave draft emails’ (changes are saved automatically)
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feedback about my aol desktop gold
I like my old version of the AOL desktop gold that I can see the dates instead of the time, day and month.
You can now change the date format, by following the steps below:
1. Open the AOL Desktop Gold and sign on.
2. Click on the Settings icon on the toolbar.
3. Select the Mail category from the left-hand side.
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paragraphs size from 14 to 10 from one paragraph to another
I can type a paragraph and when I go down for another paragraph my fonts goes back to "10" size instead of the "14" I was typing with. I have to go back to to the previous paragraph and then the next paragraph woks the same as font signs I was using at first.That is really kills a thought that was going through my mind.
Please follow the steps to set a default font for mail composing: Settings – Mail – Font and Text – set the preferred font size from the Write Mail section (changes are saved automatically)
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E-mail don't get answered because instead of my e-mail they get NOT Needed.
Many of my e-mails go to people that, instead of my e mail they get NOT NEEDED. I have responds from three so far-CA, AZ and MS
Please check the display name on your email. You can find the steps here: https://help.aol.com/articles/customize-your-mailbox-font-size-sender-display-name-and-date-style-in-aol-desktop-gold
If the issue persists, please call the AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733
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Mail box.
Why are new mail listings twice as wide as the mail box?
Please go to Settings-Mail – and set the ‘View’ to ‘Sender name’.
If you still encounter issues call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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sharepoint
Some of the emails I send say Microsoft SharePoint as the sender. How can I stop that? Maybe people delete and think it's spam.... THX
Please go to Settings – Mail – Display Name and check the display name.
If you don’t have ‘Microsoft SharePoint’ there call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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Email issues
All the mail in my inbox is scrambled, way out of order. I don't like this version. The old is much better. Hate the idea of going into the recently deleted mail and have to click one at a time, to finally get rid of it. Takes me 3 times longer to deal with all the mail. Deleting one time is enough. TAkes far too long to have to delete each one again.
You can delete all the emails in a specific folder, by clicking on the Edit button on the menu bar, and clicking on ‘Select All’ from the drop-down menu.
To delete specific emails, you can hold down the CTRL key on your keyboard while clicking on each email subject that you want to delete. After all the emails are selected, click on the Delete button.
Additionally emails will stay in the Trash folder for up to 30 days, from the time they were deleted, after which they will be automatically erased.
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Go to Settings – Mail – General – and uncheck ‘Hide images and disable links in mail from unknown senders’.
If you still encounter issues call us at 1-888-265-3733.
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I do a search by e-mail address. Way too many people who do not have that e-address appear. What is happening?
Fix AOL so that when I search by e-mail, the e-addresses of other people do not show up.
When using the Quick Find to search your mailbox, you will receive results based on the email address and email subject. To do a refined search, click on Read, select the Search Mail tab from the top of the mailbox, choose “Email Address Only” from the Search drop-down, then search for the email you want.
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Pictures aren't displayed in Gold
About half the emails that contain pictures scanned and not scanned do not display in the email when using AOL Gold. If I go to AOL on line they are displayed. Some things are more convenient through Gold such as updated favorites and contacts. I would like to do everything through one portal - it has been going on for about 6 months and it needs to finally get fixed!
Please go to Settings → Mail – and uncheck ‘Hide images and disable links in mail from unknown senders’ (changes are saved automatically).
If you still encounter issues please call the AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733.
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You are changing the mail not for the better why are you printing last names and yesterday?
Bring back the mail the way it was before you are not improving it. I don't like the word yesterday and last names being printed. Why are you touching the email. You need to leave it the way it has always been. Bring back the buddy list and ims better.
You can now change the date format, by following the steps below:
1. Open the AOL Desktop Gold and sign on.
2. Click on the Settings icon on the toolbar.
3. Select the Mail category from the left hand side.
4. From the ‘Date Style’ section, select Date Only (old format).To see the sender’s email address Go to Edit – Mail Settings – select ‘Email Address’ next to View (changes are saved automatically)
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Tab Key in Email
I have always been able to use the tab key to indent in an email. Just a few weeks ago, this ability disappeared without warning. Now, pressing the tab key erases everything I've typed and returns the cursor to the upper left corner. Dumb idea!! If you needed to disable the tab key, why not just make it so the key no longer responds instead of erasing things? Either restore the tab functionality, or just don't let it reverse and erase.
Before pressing the Tab key, make sure the text is not highlighted. When indenting the text, place the cursor in-front of the paragraph, and press Tab.
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please get the aol desktop gold set as a default email program on my windows PC.
make AOL desktop gold as the default email program on my PC. I can't attach the file. I had to open AOL desktop gold first and attach file there and that is not very convenient. Please
To do that follow the steps of this article: https://help.aol.com/articles/make-aol-desktop-gold-your-default-browser-or-email-client
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