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  1. The new default dark blue with black text is horrible. Very ******* the eyes. Could find no Settings to change it. Please give us options.

    The new default dark blue with black text is horrible.
    Very ******* the eyes. Could find no Settings to change it.
    Please give us options.

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  2. I'm having viewing mails marked as unread, i is not showing the content of it once you view again but aol homepage screen

    'm having viewing mails marked as unread, i is not showing the content of it once you view again but aol homepage screen

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  3. CUT BACK ON THE VULGAR SPAM 9/25/2026

    CUT BACK ON THE VULGAR SPAM 9/25/2026

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  5. How about letting me comment!

    Your comment on "‘Wheel of Fortune’ Fans Blast Show for ‘Worst Puzzle Ever’ After Cancer Survivor Loses Car - AOL" violates the community guidelines and has been rejected
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    Chester Sat 19 Sep 2026 06:57:12 PM
    Never heard of that word.
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    Please explain what COMMUNITY STANDARDS are being violated here! I have not been able to post a comment for YEARS! I have even posted the word TEST and get the same violating the community standards nonsense! I must have made one of your censors really mad!

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  6. Font size on MY computer becomes too small or too large, even though I did nothing to change it

    When I type an email in Book Antiqua 12 point, the type size changes on me. Now it looks like Book Antique 6 point -- even though the setting are correct (Book Antique 12 point) and I did not to instigate the change.

    This has happened multiple times. It has been temporarily "fixed" by reinstalling AOL Desktop Gold. But the problem keep coming back. That is, the typeface size changes on its own -- either becoming too small to read or too large to use.

    The recipients of my emails DO get them in the proper size (12 point). The…

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  7. what happened to the news stories that used to pop up when I mouse-over the weaather icon

    what happened to the news stories that used to pop up when I mouse-over the weather icon?

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  8. Desktop Gold ads

    Unable to remove the welcome screen when opening the AOL Desktop Gold. Please fix the issue asap.

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  9. Scrolling Improvement For "My Mail Folders"

    Over time I have created numerous folders under the "My Mail Folders" area of the AOL email template. The created mail folders, by default, arrange themselves in alphabetical order. Unlike most alphabetized menu listings, in any typical program, one cannot open their list of folders and simply press a letter key, G, H, S, etc., to be advanced down the list, to the folders that begin with that letter of the alphabet. At present, one has to slowly scroll down through 50 or 100 email folders, to get to the folder names that begin with whatever letter of the alphabet…

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  10. You are advertising a scam company, CHICV, on your welcome page. Please stop!

    AOL is large enough it should check out its paid advertisers allowed on its "Welcome" page. One of those is CHICV. I paid for product because of your approved ad on the Welcome page and never got a confirmation of the order. And the company does not respond, in Asia.

    Also Trustpilot has many complaints of poor products or no products. I paid through PayPal, thinking it was safe. I complained to them to stop allowing CHICV to use their payment plan. Now I am advising AOL they may be allowing a scam company to use their welcome page to…

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  12. GO BACK TO THE OLD SEARCH WAYS

    YOUR NEW SYSTEM SUCKS. IT NEVER TAKES YOU TO WHAT YOU ARE SEATCHING FOR JUST ********* AD'S NOTHING TO DO WITH WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR. GO BACK TO THE OLD WAYS.

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  13. impossible to copy/paste a list of emails as before in the to: field

    Why isn't it possible to copy/paste emails. I explain. If I create an email with 20 contacts, save it in draft, come back later want to copy/paste the 20 emails to create another email, this is impossible, I find this crazy!

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  14. Aol Calendar is not working as before. The new format makes it harder to input the info I want to show on the top line. Also I must change

    AOL calendar's new format is hard to navigate and takes more time. Not user friendly like the old one. If possible please change back! Top line was available for more detail by simply typing. Now I must go through addition steps to complete the task! Please change back if possible

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  15. How to delete mail as in the past

    Fix the latest update so I can delete mail easily

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    Thank you for this feedback. We have found the cause of this issue and are working on a fix. The next update should resolve this issue.

  16. AOL HAS HAD SOME AWFUL SERVICE! AS A PAYING MEMBER, AOL SHOULD HAVE BETTER PROGRAMS, EXTRAS LIKE LIFELOCK, MCAFEE, ETC. SELDOM WORK!

    AOL SELDOM WORKS CORRECTLY! AND, AOL OFTEN GETS HACKED! AS A PAYING MEMBER FOR MANY YEARS, THE AOL PROGRAM SERVICE IS EXTREMELY FRUSTRATING. AOL DESKTOP IS AWFUL (STATES IT IS UP TO DATE,THEN DOES NOT FUNCTION), AND AOL IS VERY JUMBLED AND SLOW. AS A PAYING AOL MEMBER, I DID RECEIVE EXTRAS LIKE VPN, COMPUTER REPLACEMENT INSURANCE, MCAFEE, LIFELOCK, AND OTHER. BUT, SOME DO NOT WORK CORRECTLY FOR MANY YEARS! MCAFEE KEPT DISCONNECTING AND WANTED TO CHARGE ME FEES! LIFELOCK WANTS ME TO PAY THROUGH NORTON! I STARTED PAYING FOR AOL SERVICES IN EARY 2000'S. AOL CHARGED ME APPROX $11/MONTH…

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  17. What's the deal with this ???

    all i see id aol desktop gold

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    That explains the problem. AOL Desktop Gold is the program you’re using to open Ancestry.com, and it may not complete Ancestry’s browser validation check reliably. Windows 11 can still be compatible; the issue is likely the browser built into AOL Desktop Gold rather than Windows itself.
    You’ll want to install and use the latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox on your Windows 11 computer, then sign in to Ancestry.com there. This should avoid relying on AOL Desktop Gold’s browser for the security check.

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  18. On aol desktop gold i have a different print preview since i got a new printer

    Since i got a newer version of my printer, on aol desktop gold i cant choose how many pages i want to print anymore

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  19. Add checkboxes in mailbox

    It would be great if you could add the OPTION to enable checkboxes for messages in the mailbox. This way when enabled we don't need to hold down the control key to select multiple messages

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  20. My emoji popup isn't working when composing an email.. it pops up but nothing happens when I click on an emojie

    My emoji popup isn't working when composing an email.. it pops up but nothing happens when I click on an emojie

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