I agree. The important distinction is that these messages should not simply be moved to the Spam folder after delivery. I would like AOL to offer an optional server-level “Reject/Bounce Sender” feature so users can choose specific persistent senders or entire domains that should be refused before they reach the mailbox.
This would be stronger than ordinary filtering while still allowing legitimate email to reach the account normally. It could be especially useful for persistent spam campaigns that keep changing sender addresses but continue using related domains.

Users should not have to wade through multiple spam email with FU** or PUS** or other sex-related titles. These should not even be in Spam, they should not even be delivered. Please totally BLOCK these offensive emails.

Thanks Linux Agent. And, yes, Susan C. The same thing happened to me. Spam reduced briefly and then started up and has gotten progressively worse. If AOL doesn't fix this permanently, we may have to resort to a class action suit. Anyone on this thread an attorney? We're watching you, AOL.

Excellent idea! What about it AOL?

I submitted a separate feature request asking AOL to add an optional server-level “Reject/Bounce Sender” rule for persistent spam, including sender- and domain-level rejection. This would let selected senders receive a genuine delivery failure while the AOL address remains active for everyone else. I hope AOL will consider this as an additional anti-spam option.

UPDATE, posting 7/28/2026. Had around 10 days to 2 weeks where the spam dropped to only a few each day. About 5 days ago, that started increasing. Now it is back to 40 per day and that includes the raunchy stuff again. Either the spammers were on vacation or they figured out a workaround to flood AOL again. *sigh*
=======
Posted Jul 13, 2026...I don't know what's going on, but for the past week or so, I've been checking my spam folder daily and deleting all the spam there. I had been under the impression that the spam emails had to remain there until they were auto-deleted. Perhaps that is wrong? The past several days, hardly any spam has shown up. There have been a few, but one day last week I deleted over 50 in one day. I might be speaking too soon and there's usually been a slowdown during the weekend - but still more than I have been getting the past few days. I'm hoping that AOL has found a way to keep huge numbers of spam from getting through.

IT'S SO NICE TO CHECK MORNING SPAM AND BE TOLD "I WANT TO F**** YOU HARD AND LONG." THREE TIMES, MIND YOU.

UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DO YOUR F'ING JOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EXCESS SEX SPAM TODAY!!!!

UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU FIX IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sandra, I fully agree! I think that AOL encourages this type of spam! They allow it because they get paid even if the email address is obviously fraudulent!

I went from no spam to daily spam. They even use the same subject type constantly. I've created numerous filters, and a new filter each time, but they keep slightly changing the subject to bypass filters. Seriously, fix this you outdated garbage company.

I do not know why this is happening, but I cannot Delete all of the Spam for an e-mail address. Maybe one of the super bright coders should fix this. AI coding may not be a good solution.

You do not listen to your customers!

UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UNLIMITED SPAM BLOCKING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How many times do we have to say this? STOP the SPAM!

Most of it consists of 3 categories.
- Fraudulent Invoices (As in the perpetration of crimes)
- Casino Spam
- **** Spam

I don't want this **** in my Spam folder; just bounce it all back to the senders. if you can.

Give us 3 simple buttons.
- Fraudulent Invoices straight to Deleted.
- Casino Spam straight to Deleted.
- **** Spam straight to Deleted.

Nine months ago I used to get maybe 3 Spam per day; now I get hundreds.
I don't want to have to wade through all of that Spam just to find the occasional legit Email that ends up in the Spam folder.
No one has time to waste on all of this Spam!

Am very disappointed in the way you are allowing offensive emails to load into our mail.
Surely you have a way to block such things. Try harder.

The block senders except those on contact list is not working. I cannot stop all the spam ****, and my smam folder has increased to 10 times what it was before. AOL must be allowing this. I need a way to perminately stop this spam. I would drop AOL but have too many things tied to it.

I am not able to block senders with filthy sexual content. The Block Sender button does not appear, and when I was able to do this they still came through. How can I permanently block these.

I just noticed that now Ads have invaded my personal folders. Bad enough that they cram ads in random locations throughout the inbox, but now they also have to infest my personal space with their unwanted intrusions. Get out of my personal folders!

the ad they have floating in the middle of the emails is horrible, what a distractions and causes good emails to be deleted!!!!!

It's a pain sorting thru the excessive amount of junk mail as it is. Now you place Ads in the middle my inbox emails? That is about as deceptive as you can get. Please get rid of this ASAP

Please give us the option to say "I don't like this ad" for ads that are put in my inbox between actual emails. Irritating ads do not make me likely to buy whatever the advertiser is selling. Quite the opposite