AOL Mail
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Tell us how we can improve your AOL Mail experience. The more specific your feedback, the more useful for us. While we can’t respond to every suggestion, we review them regularly and take them very seriously.
Please contact our help site if you’re experiencing an issue that prevents you from using Mail as expected.
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In email what does the FLAG do? Mean? I don't see any explanation on use.
On mouse over on a flag, open a small window giving an explanation of flag.
Hi,
By flagging an email, you can easily spot it in your Inbox, especially if you wish to reply to it at a later time.
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The policy of not allowing the use of an old password STINKS!!! {and the policy AUGHT to be changed}
Sometimes a password change occurs for reasons beyond our control. The policy of not allowing a previous password - or even one similar STINKS and aught to be changed to allow perhaps not the last password, but SOME previous password... I mean how many passwords are we EXPECTED to remember???
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Put a limit on spam emails in the spam folder
All my spam goes to my spam folder, does anyone know how many spam emails this folder will hold? I'm at 400 now? I figure once this spam folder is full, the spam emails will stop.
Hi. The Spam and Trash folders are automatically emptied after a certain period of time, the oldest will be deleted first.
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How many days does an e-mail stay in the SPAM folder? Provide answer in HELP.
Help, does not answer the question of "How many days an e-mail stays in the SPAM folder". Off and on, mail is put in the SPAM folder with no indicator/count. Would help if ones knows how often to check SPAM folder for non-SPAM mail put into the SPAM folder.
By default, both the Trash and Spam folders empty automatically to keep your account tidy. You cannot change the Trash and Spam settings.
Trash deletion frequency - Trash is deleted after 7 days.
Spam deletion frequency - Spam is deleted after 30 days.
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STOP SPAMMING YOUR CUSTOMERS
AOL has settings to allow its users to opt out of marketing, and they clearly are meaningless. I have previously opted out of all marketing, including for NordVPN, but yet I still get the solicitations for that specifically. Furthermore, there is no opt out of all, so when a new category is added it defaults to enabled for marketing.
This is ******** and you know it. Stop being scum and do the right thing.
AOL may send marketing offers by email. You may choose to opt out of receiving all marketing emails or by specific product being promoted by setting the appropriate preference to "OFF". If you set marketing emails to "OFF", you may still receive important information about your AOL features and services or your account by email.
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Missing Contacts
Can you help?? - all my contacts have vanished out of my contacts list!!
If you’ve deleted your contacts or are suddenly missing some, don’t worry! Contacts can be restored to automatic save points in time.
WARNING: The restore will replace any changes or additions made to your contacts since that time.1. Click Contacts from the left panel in AOL Mail.
2. Click More | Restore.
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Invalid E-mail Cannot be Blocked
I constantly get spam from this e-mail address: noreply@offers.com>
Why can't I put this in my block senders list? If they can send it, then I should be able to block it. Now, you are changing my post. At the end of the e-mail address above, there is .com>
Hi there,
The block feature is mostly used for people. For spam, please create a filter or mark it as Spam. Here's how to create filers: https://help.aol.com/articles/aol-mail-mail-settings
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Do not post ads for AOL services or products without showing the cost
AOL loses credibility when it advertises a new service or product and only show the link to a "FREE TRIAL". Be up front with customers and tell us the cost of what you are selling. Then we can decide on a free trial.
Why should we trust you when you hide the costs?Hi there,
Once you click the product page, just under the ''Try it free for 30 days'' button, you should see the cost after the free trial expires.
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Hi there,
Trash and Spam folders are automatically emptied after a certain time frame.
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Receiving OLD email
Am suddenly receiving emails from merchants dated 2018, 2019 (it is now 2021) all having to do with payments received or invoices waiting for payment. I have checked with one merchant and they have no record of having sent the email and I am paid in full with them. Since these emails are from various merchants with whom I've done business in the past, it looks like the problem source could be AOL instead of the merchant. Could you please look into this and reply? I do not see any other way on your site to report this issue.
Hey,
Thanks for reaching out. Our engineering team is working on a fix as we speak and the issue should be resolved soon. If you’re still experiencing problems in a few days please let us know so we can investigate further.
We hope this helps and appreciate your patience!
Sincerely,
AOL Product Support -
Threatening and obscene posts
An AOL named **@aol.com, has posted an obscene, threatening email to **@aol.com. It's currently in my old mail box. I assume there is something you can do about ths.
KM
Hi there,
You can report that email address to our team here: https://help.aol.com/articles/report-abuse-or-spam-on-aol
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DISGUSTING Yahoo Ads/Adchoices needs a way to unsubscribe or block. hairy feet, flabby old wrinkled thighs or erection hardness.
DISGUSTING Yahoo Ads/Adchoices needs a way to unsubscribe or block. hairy feet, flabby old wrinkled thighs or erection hardness.
Hi there,
You can check this link https://legal.yahoo.com/us/en/yahoo/privacy/dashboard/index.html to manage what ads to see.
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Your account will be reactivated if you sign in to it within 30 days of closing it, with longer hold periods for accounts registered in Australia, India, or New Zealand (90 days), and Brazil, Hong Kong, or Taiwan (180 days).
1. Sign in to your account.
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Terrible customer service Marvin. I am filing a complaint with the FCC.
CSR Marvin was terrible. He should not be on the hpones and is useless. He could not answer any questions. Gave me the run around, would not give me a mgr or supervisor. Said I had to pay for technical support. I am filing a formal complaint with the FCC.
Thank you for your patience while we reviewed your feedback.
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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can't send all emails
I can not send all emails and it is AOL's fault. I put in the address and then all of a sudden AOL puts AOL.com at the end of it and it is not an AOL acct.
What you’re describing works as designed. When you type only a username in the ’’To’’ field when composing an email, if you do not add the domain of that username, the system will automatically add @aol.com to it. I’m sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you!
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SPAM E MAILSHOW DO I STOP THEM
I am getting fed up with all the spam E mails I am getting. I ticked the box which only allowed E mails to be received if they were in my contact list. Today, I have received loads of unwanted spam mails. What do I do to stop this rubbish?
Hi there. The safety and security of all our users is essential to AOL Mail. To protect your account, most suspected spam messages are automatically filtered, but if you’re still getting overwhelmed with unwanted messages, there are additional options you can customize to protect your privacy. More details here: https://help.aol.com/articles/aol-mail-spam-and-privacy
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First, I want to commend your Tech Support member, Kurt, who helped me through a nightmare this evening in cleaning up folders in my email.
Commend Tech support representatives like Kurt from this evening and Chris from yesterday and some others.
Not only did Kurt help move things into the proper folders, he also showed me ways to prevent this in the future. He took the time and used his expertise and experience in a professional and caring way to ensure that I was satisfied. What a great role model for customer service. He was respectful of both my time and my level of understanding at each step.
Chris also provided good service and spent countless hours trying to moe things in different folders.
Another…
We're happy to hear about your experience with customer support! We're always looking to improve our services. Hope you have a great rest of the week! :)
Thank you,
AOL team
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new aol account
IM HAVING TROUBLE FINDING HOW TO CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT
Hi there,
To register a new account, please go to mail.aol.com (make sure you're not signed in to your existing account there) through a different browser then click ''Create an account''.
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verizon outlook
My Outlook stop connecting to my AOL (formerly verizon email). I tried to create an app password but the AOL account security does not provide a drop down menu for app name. How do I reconnect? Thanks
Hi again. There is no dropdown menu for an app name. You can enter the name of the app and copy the generated password.
To resolve this issue, you’d need to remove your account from Outlook then use the generated app password to reconnect your account in it. If you need additional assistance, we can be reached at help.aol.com/contact/
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Unable to download/open attachments on iPhone. Have to use gmail to open them.
Unable to open attachments on iPhone.
All I get is Message: Oops! Unable to open files. Try again later.Have to use gmail to open them.
Hi there, we are sorry for the inconvenience this has caused you! The issue was resolved. In case you need help in the future, you can always contact us on Twitter at @AOLSupportHelp, message us on Facebook at AOL Customer Care or in case you do not have a social media account, our support team is available at https://help.aol.com/contact/
Thank you!
AOL Mail team
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