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  1. Edit the Address Autocomplete Feature When Creating an Email

    When adding addresses to a new e-mail (or forwarding one), a list of suggested addresses pops up. That list always contains email addresses that are old or people I do not wish to correspond with. How can I remove these unwanted email addresses and stop them from popping up when I send an email?

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    0 comments  ·  Mail  ·  Admin →
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    These are suggestions. The option is embedded in the application and its available for any type of application you are using. The feature its not only for AOL. Any other provider uses the same feature.

  2. EMAIL Replies

    When doing a reply, I HIGHLIGHT only the text I want to be copied at the

    bottom of the email.

    BUT now it ignores the HIGHLIGHTed text and copies ALL into the bottom...

    The default used to be, no highlighting = copy all.
    With highlighting, copy ONLY the highlighted

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    1 comment  ·  Admin →
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    We are unable to replicate the issue. Try restarting the software and if the issue persists give us a call at 1-888-265-3733

  3. COMMENT SECTION: COMMENTS BEING REMOVED BY AOL

    You can't say "CHIT" with an "S", but you can access all the **** you could ever want. Go figure THAT out. & they insist on removing my posts because they seem to disagree with my opinion.

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    Responded  ·  Product Support responded

    Images and some comments will be flagged in our system prior to becoming public.

    Here are some reasons why your comments may be flagged:
    - Language (Examples may include: all caps, inappropriate words, etc.)
    - Suspicious IP
    - Any Image

    In order to create the best possible experience for everyone, we request that you abide by the AOL Community Guidelines, our core code of conduct, in all of your activities on AOL Services.

    For more information, please view our community guidelines: http://legal.aol.com/community_guidelines/

  4. aol search

    Please fix the situation where the AOL search page pops up just about everytime I click a link in my favorites. Its annoying as F. and I'm seriously considering for the first time since I signed up for AOL in the 1990's going with a different provider. I mean, this week it even starting happening when I signed in. STOP IT! please? thank you!

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    Responded  ·  Product Support responded

    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing. 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.

  5. Your desktop gold is horrible. I pay money for my aol desktop and its worse than 20 years ago

    Your desktop gold is horrible. I pay money for my aol desktop and its worse than 20 years ago. And when I would contact the help desk they didn't care and said that is the way it is and if i didn't like it too bad

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    0 comments  ·  Account  ·  Admin →
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    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. Please call our AOL Desktop Gold team at 1-888-265-3733 if you have any questions. Our team is available 24/7 by phone.

  6. AOL Log in issue

    Whenever we travel to Scotland, I am always having an issue with my
    Password and a lot of changes is happening on my account last week of August. It's very inconvenient. Please get a fix on this as soon as possible for us to stay longer on AOL

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    1 comment  ·  Mail  ·  Admin →
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    Your IP address is your location online and each session should start with the same few sets of numbers. Click any recent activity entry to view its IP address as well as the date and time it was collected. If one is drastically different from the others, remove it and change your password. Be aware that there are some legitimate reasons why your history can show unfamiliar locations, such as your mobile or AOL Gold software detecting the wrong location or Internet provider using a proxy server.

  7. TODAY 2-25-2020 I WAS USING THE FEATURE TO REPORT A CHATTER. I TRIED TO FOLLOW SOME INSTRUCTIONS. I GOT A RESPONSE SCREEN ASKING DO YOU R

    TODAY 2-25-20-20 I WAS USING THE FEATURE TO REPORT A CHATTER. I TRIED TO FOLLOW SOME INSTRUCTIONS. BUT I GOT AOL RESPONSE - A SCREEN OPENED SHOWING PART OF THE TEXT IN A CHAT ROOM. AT THE TOP PORTION IT ASKED THE QUESTION - DO YOU REALLY WANT TO REPORT (SCREEN NAME). BUT I DID NOT SEE ANYWHERE TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU !

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  8. Cancelled TV Shows: Effective Immediately - Freezes Screen

    After the first screen in the articles under the above category the screen freezes and a dissertation based on what appears to be a Microsoft site screen freezes the system. There is a box at the bottom to 'call' someone. This appears to be a scam. I used ctrl-alt-delete and cancelled the AOL task to get out of it. Clean up your act!

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    0 comments  ·  Browser  ·  Admin →
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    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. 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.

  9. Latest News Headlines

    Latest Headlines. Over the last 2 days I can only access AOL News and non of the other options. Why are they offered if not available, and why does an alternate selection always defaults back to AOL News.

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    0 comments  ·  News  ·  Admin →
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    If you are having issues with the software try clearing the footprints and restarting it. Should the issue persist please reach out to our support team at 1-888-265-3733

  10. while writing an email I tried to copy and 95% of the text I just wrote was GONE,HOW do I get it back??

    i tried to copy what I just wrote in an email when what I just wrote was gone. HOW to I get it back???

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    0 comments  ·  Mail  ·  Admin →
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    If this happens again, press CTRL+Z keyboard combinations immediately. That will undo the latest change and bring back the accidentally deleted text.

  11. zoom

    How can I fix the zoom dialog?

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    If you opened the Zoom option under Edit on the top left corner simply click anywhere outside that window and it will disappear.

  12. Staff training: efficient customer SERVICE focus

    Your online how to change password instructions are incorrect (No Account Security page/link-- it goes to Log In screen, without Change Password option).

    I called for assistance, Tina asked more than 6 verification questions without starting pw change. I asked her to focus on resetting my password but she said more 'verification" was needed. When I did not have the last 4 digits of my credit card payment handy, she said I didn't know the answers so she couldn't reset the password. I said I answered more than 6 questions already and spent 30+ minutes trying to update my pw,…

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    1 comment  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
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    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.

  13. Manage mail listings better.

    Please fix the jumble where mail is listed. I am IT professional. You can do better. There is no way to correct the jumble except to exit AOL and restart. Crude programming.

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    0 comments  ·  Other  ·  Admin →
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    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into the issue you are experiencing . 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.

  14. Local News is unavailable for any zip code although local weather does appear.

    Local News is unavailable for any zip code although local weather does appear.

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    6 comments  ·  News  ·  Admin →
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    Thank you for bringing this to our attention. The engineering team is currently working to resolve this.

    As a workaround, scroll down to the ‘LOCAL NEWS AND WEATHER’ section on the AOL homepage, type your zip code into the location box, and press ENTER on your keyboard, as opposed to clicking on the Save button.

  15. Continue to get email supposedly from AOL saying all accounts will be deleted

    Question-- Continue to get email supposedly from AOL saying all accounts will be deleted. Feel this is just spam, band it now goes into spam folder, but guess I am sending this as surprised that AOL does not stop it from even making it to my spam folder. Just checking to get confirmed info that this is spam which I feel sure it is!!

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  16. Recent update of AOL Gold - Reporting problem

    The recent update made my email send a green background and a peculiar format. Have returned to previous edition which is ok

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    1 comment  ·  Admin →
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    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. 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.

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    0 comments  ·  Browser  ·  Admin →
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    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. 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.

  18. LATINO 50 Y PICO CHAT FREEZES

    LATINO 50 Y PICO CHAT FREEZES CONSTANTLY, IS TOO SLOW, CAN'T TYPE FAST IT FREEZES. IF A MEMBERS IS IN THE CHAT INACTIVE, AOL QUICK OUT THE NICK, AND CHANGES THE SETTINGS, FONT, COLOR, THIS IS BIG MESS, WE NEED A BETTER SOFTWARE, BROWSER. PREVIEWS AOL WAS THE BEST!!
    EMAIL FONT COLOR AUTOMATIC SET IN THE CHAT, WAS NO NEED TO DO SETTINGS ANY TIME GO TO THE CHATS

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    0 comments  ·  General  ·  Admin →
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    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. 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.

  19. Up-date AOL Gold?? to be compatible with Southwest airlines website--

    Again--up-date AOL Gold??(yeah right) to be compatible with the Southwest airlines website--they keep showing an "error" message when searching for fares--SWA will work when I use Google Chrome instead!! What does that tell AOL???

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    Please send us a crash report in order for our engineers to look into this issue. 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.

  20. Emails with no @ ?

    I keep getting emails no @ just letters no emails address can't aol just not accept them?

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    0 comments  ·  Mail  ·  Admin →
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    Please open Settings – Mail – General, there is an option “View email addresses” or “Sender’s name”

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