Spam Settings
This a complaint more than an idea for improvement. On 8/24/18 the spam controls for one of my email address has stopped filtering out spam. I add address to the "Block mail from addresses I specify" box but emails from those addresses keep coming. The whole mail controls page for that email address has changed, My other email addresses have remained unchanged. What gives??? This is very inconvenient.
Tom
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Due to recent adjustments to the AOL Mail platform, the Spam Settings customization, are no longer available for all accounts. We apologize for the inconvenience. In order to block a specific sender, go to Options – Mail Settings – Spam Settings and add the email addresses in the box below “Block Mail from Addresses I Specify”, then click Save Settings at the bottom, and in case you receive unwanted emails in the Inbox, mark them as Spam.
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Alaric
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Anonymous
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The best way to block AOL e-mail is change your e-mail go g-mail.
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Bernardino Rosica
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A friend sent me an off-colored e-mail by accident. Since then (April 2020) I get between 30 to 50 e-mails a DAY and all of them describe ****** situations and GROSS ideas. I DO NOT open them but trash them. How can I prevent them from even entering my computer? Thank you.
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Soon to be ex AOL user
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It is comforting to see it is not just me AOL are sending spam to, I have resorted to forwarding it to aolukqueries@aol.com everytime I receive a spam email.
I set up filters to block "BitcoinTrader" which still come through whilst any words with spaces in cannot be blocked.
I am convinced that with their lack of human interaction, copy and pasted replies that they get paid for filling users inboxes with spam. It is the only logical reason why a company wouldn't stop these things happening.
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doug
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getting rid of aol email address because of too much spam..... even when I check box to receive only emails from contact list the spam keeps coming. Ridiculous. AOL has really gone downhill
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Anonymous
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really wish AOL would do something about the "none" email addresses!!! really starting to annoy e now as there is NO WAY to block them! get your act together AOL! really is a shame we can't have a "block address" button like other email folks. at least 200 spam emails with NONE in the sender email column.
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Bob
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Why can’t I block the domains amazedmedia.com,setgomedia.com, and leverproductons.com. Every single day they bury me with SPAM using random letters and number as senders, all from these three domains. How dense do you have to be to keep permitting this? Can you at least identify the owners so I can sue them?
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Charles
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I blocked 20 something emails by adding filters. Today I received a whole 48 spam emails. What's the use of using filters when the words used to filter those spam emails filter through?
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Charles
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AOL sucks. Why have so many steps to filter emails? Why not just have a dam block button? Does that not make sense? Funny thing is when I set customization to filter spam...I get even more. So this **** you are doing is pathetic and of no use.
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Anonymous
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I too experience spam still coming through even though I take the tme to block unwanted emails. I am tired of so much spam for the same senders, and especially the **** sites. Every time I complain the spam stops or I get fewer spam emails, but this only last for a few days and then they are back again.
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Anonymous
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I have been getting a ton of spam from Amazedmedia, setgomedia, and leverproductons, and nothing I do in the spam settings is preventing them from still being able to send it. Please do something to stop these people
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Sharina
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I am so fed up with AOL and I have been a loyal email client for years. I have years worth of emails and you've removed so many customization settings from SPAM that my account was recently hacked. I get tons of disgusting mail talking about erections and hard ons. How would you like to have to look at that in your email 24/7? AND it comes to the inbox NOT the SPAM folder. Do you have the patience to copy a string of 10-15 letters/numbers listed as the sender of some of these SPAM emails and create a filter from that or add to the block senders list--for one, two, or ten emails? Recently, the name listed on sender read: None and the email address: Mr. What am I supposed to do about that??? I am going to look into closing the account. I mean, this is ridiculous. You have to update with the times. You guys are not going to stay in business. People are shocked that you're even still a "thing." I hate to sound rude, but, it is so frustrating. Then, you have links for chat, email, contact/call us, but, none of those things are available either due to the pandemic or you must be a paying customer. Email is the best thing you have been good at. No one wants AOL dial up or theft protection. You are not good at that. Stick to what you are good at and perfect it. Does anyone that works there have any sort of a clue???
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Somewhere in the USA
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Relatively quiet when the covid crisis hit, but now literally flooded with spam and since the email spam controls are as useless as t____ on a tomcat, I just wanted to bear witness to the insanity so that someone with a middle school level computer education could help AOL figure out a way to prevent this stuff from even getting to the spam folder
Maybe some kind of robocall type of program embedded in AOL's email program to catch this stuff before it gets to customers -
Anonymous
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Had my aol account for many years and I went from zero spam emails to dozens, just in the last few weeks. WHY??? Have you gone the way of Comcast and started selling email addresses? Guess it's time to set up a different email provider. My gmail account for my android doesn't get any spam. Any advice from the community?
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Herman Tiltin
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I am tired of having to delete junk, spam mail, sometimes 20 garbage mails.
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Victoria Marrone
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I've been with AOL since the 90s. It is ridiculous not to be able to stop spam at the domain level. I get endless spam from setgomedia, amazemedia, and leverproductions. Obviously they know (not a big secret) that AOL let's unwanted domains through just by changing the sender name. Are they paying you not to block domains? If so, just say it and I can be done, as I almost am, with AOL. It's just a huge pain in the backside.
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Anonymous
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I live in the UK & do not want emails from outside EG US
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Mary S McGuyer
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Ever since AOL was taken over by Yahoo i get a tremendous number of spam emails every day. This is beyond ridiculous! Please do something about it and stop selling my address on toi spammers!
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Anonymous
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I am seriously thinking about canceling my account. The spam is RIDICULOUS !! I do not have this problem with my other email accounts. It seems that any time you want to sell a SPAM blocking product, I start to get more SPAM. Please STOP IT !!
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Anonymous
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FOR THE LOVE OF GOD PLEASE stop spam emails at the domain level! If you can (for my security) disable links in an email, you can certainly do more about disallowing spam to come through at all. Help.