Spam icon not showing number of pieces in folder
I don't like the change to the spam folder which no longer shows how many pieces of mail are in the folder next to the icon like New Mail and Drafts. I use to just glance at this folder to see how many were in there now I have to open it up. I just figured this out and don't understand why you would make this change.
NANCY KAATS
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Karen Polak
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I agree, seeing that number would always remind me to check and delete my Spam daily. I liked it better when the number showed there too. Not sure why AOL would remove that feature.
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james moorhouse
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I am also not happy with this change and think it makes no sense.
I have no idea why you would make this change.
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Stephen Wright
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Miss seeing the vast number of gorgeous singles and frustrated married women who were after this 63 yo fat old beer monster. 50 a day sometimes.... **** shall just have to click on instead of hitting the delete.
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ROD MELKONOFF
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I agree that this change is a step in the wrong direction.
I did find that if you hover the mouse over the Spam icon, it will show the number of messages in the folder, but removing the number of unread Spam from the icon just makes the whole process less efficient and less secure,
Another annoying feature is that the filters apparently aren't applied to emails AOL thinks are Spam. Therefore, I often see items in the Spam folder that my filter would have sent to Trash. There should be an option to check for Spam before or after the filter is applied, -
WILLIAM HURST
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Put back spam numbers!!!
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JEFFREY LAZAR
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Sadly typical of the folks who now run AOL and make these kids of decisions.
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Tina Gerhart
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Besides the frustration of the spam folder not showing anything is in it, I also found that when you open to look at an email, it no longer opens in a safe mode. What you have done is really wrong and needs to be fixed immediately! You must give us the safety to view an email without worry. I cannot imagine why you would have thought either of these changes would be okay.
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Neil Meador
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Put the number of spam mails back!!!!!
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Tina Gerhart
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I hate that you took the number of spam emails away. I thought you did something to block these emails and happened to click on the folder to find I had 191 spam emails in the folder. Put the number(s) back to allow us to keep up with the spam as it comes in. PLEASE restore this back!
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KENNETH WOOD
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Absolutely agree. Came to this page after searching for how to fix the fact that the number of emails in my spam folder were no longer showing. Thought I inadvertently turned off a feature. Can't understand why AOL would do this system-wide to all users. Please return to old settings.
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Barbara Conrad
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Put it back as it was...I agree, like seeing the icon and number and also am now getting spam in my regular email....not good. Stop changes please
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DENNIS MARTIN
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I too would like to see the number of spam messages indicated next to the spam icon as in the past. I check that frequently to make sure legitimate messages haven't gone to spam but without the number of messages in that folder showing I often forget. Please correct that.
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So Calif MBA
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I would also like the SPAM indicator corrected too. I get at least 20-30 spam emails a day and I very much like the reminder number indicator to show so I don't put it off thinking there are no spam because no number is showing as it always has.
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George Bergstrom
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Just discovered that I had missed three important messages that went into the Spam folder. Turning off the flag and number of messages in that folder is the wrong move, especially with no notification. PLEASE return the function back to the original settings. And thanks to those who have posted -- now I know why every I has so much Spam dating back to early October -- thank you!
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JAY HULLETT
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And why weren't we informed? When it disappeared, I wasted time trying to figure out what had gone wrong. In any case a nuisance for us with no gain I can imagine for AOL.
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ANGELA SUGGS
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I couldn't figure out why my spam folder no longer shows the number of unread messages. Like others have posted, I thought I must have somehow changed a spam folder setting and had no idea it was done by AOL. I keep forgetting to check my spam messages now since the number isn't displayed as a reminder.
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HEATHER von Romer
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Once again, the spam icon does not work. Fixing it would be um.....ideal.
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Diane Taylor
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This is making me nuts. I thought I had changed a setting; I didn't realize this was an AOL non-improvement. It's really useful to see how many items are in spam, especially since not all items marked by AOL as spam really are spam. I OK messages from the same addresses over and over, yet they are still routed to spam.
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Leigh Neopolitan
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I hear ya. AOL needs to reverse that feature, IT really helps to know number of Spam in box
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Donna Tomeo
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I don't like the Spam icon not showing number of pieces in folder and spam icon number of pieces in folder. I like only icon New Mail and Drafts. I just figured this out and I don't understand why not remove Spam Icon and why you would make never this change.