AOL Desktop Gold
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Feedback for unread and read emails
I like for the listing on the "New Emails" list be the following way:
The emails on the list that I've not read to be in bold type; and
The emails on the "New" list that I've read and clicked to be listed as "unread" to be in the light type.
This makes me able to see at with only a quick glance if I've already read it but still wanted it in the "New" list.
Due to recent adjustments to the AOL Mail platform, this feature is no
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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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Spam Settings
I accidentally marked a sender as spam. Where do I unblock that? Can I see if that sender is blocked?
Go to Spam folder and if the email is there mark it as Not Spam. To find out if you blocked someone from the address book you have to access Spam Controls. Go to Mail from top bar and click on Block Unwanted Mail. If the email address is there, delete it.
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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.
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. -
Permanently delete all trashed emails all at one time
When I trash my emails, I would like to permanently delete them all at one time and not one at a time. I trashed them for a reason and having to delete them one at a time only aggravates my carpal tunnel syndrome. Thank you.
Select one email from the list, and press CTRL+A to highlight all of them
or choose ‘Select All’ from the Edit menu then press Permanently Delete. -
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.
4. From the ‘Date Style’ section, select Date Only (old format). -
anti spoofing
We receive many emails a day from a spoofed address. The unsubscribe does not work nor do the reply to addresses work. There are anti spoofing mechanisms that AOL can use to stop these emails including DKIM and SPF. Test show that AOL does not use these - they should.
In order to combat spoofing, AOL implemented the DMARC policy. Please check the article below for more information: https://help.aol.com/articles/what-is-email-spoofing-and-how-can-i-tell-if-my-account-has-been-spoofed
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I am being limited in the number of emails I can send at one time - I have been sending them for many years (501-C3) entity. Can't now
Why, after several years, am I suddenly being limited in the numbers of emails I can send from a 501-C3 entity.
Please read this article for more details about bulk mail policy: https://help.aol.com/articles/aol-mail-limits-on-sending-bulk-mail
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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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Transparent PNG images with alpha channels show up black & are converted to JPG
I am a Graphic Designer and have to email my iOS programmer 2600+ transparent PNG images to program into our iOS application. They have to be in PNG format. AOL Desktop Gold has a few programming flaws that need to be fixed immediately. When I copy any PNG image into the write mail window, AOL incorrectly flattens the transparent PNG image making the transparent area BLACK in color and ALSO changes the file format from PNG to a flattened JPG image. We can NOT use JPG images at all as they lack an alpha channel.
This HAS to be fixed…
Thank you for your feedback, we will share it with the engineering team.
As a workaround, please attach the PNG files to the email, as opposed to embedding them into the email body. To attach the files, click on the ‘Attach File’ button at the bottom left corner of the Write mail window.
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How do I mark an e-mail address as NOT SPAM
Used to be when AOL was good, all you had to do was click a button
marked "This is not SPAM" and from that point on the address would be
received just fine. I seem to be able to "add" an address to the SPAM
list but not "Allow" one from "NOT" being marked "SPAM"If a legitimate email goes to Spam folder please highlight the email and click on “This is Not Spam”.
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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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WHY SIZE OF LETTERS KEEP CHANGING SMALLER ON AOL?
WHY SIZE OF LETTERS KEEP GETTING SMALLER IN EMAIL ON AOL DESKTOP GOLD?
I NEVER CHANGED SIZES!If you want to adjust the font size in the list of mail, click “Edit” on the top left corner of the AOL Desktop window, select “Mail Settings” from the drop-down menu, and from the “Font and Text”“ tab select your preferred “ Font Size” from the drop-down menu (Small, Medium or Large).
In order to change your default font type and color for composing mail, please follow these steps:
1. On the top left, click on Edit.
2. Select Mail Settings from the drop-down menu.
3. Go to the “Font and Text” tab.
4. From the Write Mail section use the toolbar to change the font type, size, and color.Changes are saved automatically.
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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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Old Mail body of mail is missing
Mail I have SAVED ON MY PC the body of the email does not show. Checked in OLD MAIL and it also does not show there either. Mail just won't open correctly. Just started happening today 3/3/19 but seems to be effecting all mail for 2019 and late 2018. Was working correctly a week ago. I clean and save mail once a week on Sunday and last week was fine TODAY not so much. HELP support says I have some kind of virus Don't think so scan daily.
Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing with the software closing unexpectedly. To do that, please follow these steps:
1. Open AOL Desktop Gold.
2. Click on Help on the top right, and select Report a Bug from the drop-down menu.
3. Type a short description of the problem, and click Send. -
Sub Folder for Saved on Aol
when are you going to add the function of creating subfolders under Saved on Aol. Since it is working under Saved on my pc
Hi,
We appreciate your feedback. Unfortunately, there aren’t plans to add subfolders to ADG at the moment. However, we’ll continue to monitor your feedback and keep you updated if we decide to add this feature to our roadmap.
Sincerely,
AOL Product Support -
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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