To help you keep on top of your social network, we've added Lifestream to the Mail AIM plug-in. Lifestream not only allows you to get updates from all your social networks, but also to easily publish your status and broadcast it to your Buddies.

View updates from your friends, no matter which social network they frequent, including Digg, Facebook, Flickr, Twitter and YouTube. Flexible privacy settings
keep you in control of how you and your social network interact.

So have some fun and give it a try. You'll find it right next to your Buddy List.



You can learn more about Lifestream and how to use it here.

Enjoy!

The AOL Mail Team

Send a valentine to that special someone with our new Valentine's Day stationery. A wide selection from which to choose to let you show how you're feeling.



Just click on "Compose" and then "Stationery" to choose from over 10 different styles. You'll find them in both the "Featured" and "Holidays" categories.




Go into Mail or right to the stationery and start sending some love.

Enjoy,

The AOL Mail Team

This time of the year is all about getting together and sharing the spirit of the season with friends and family. To help you add some cheer to your holiday emails, I created ten new stationery to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

Think of it like gift wrapping each email you send! You can send one today by clicking on "Compose" then select "Stationery" and the "Holiday" category.

Have fun!

- Brian Behnke, Designer AOL Mail

A new day dawns here at AOL. As you may or may not know, today AOL again became an independent company. We couldn't be more excited as this provides us, the Mail team, an opportunity to get back to our roots.

It is fair to say that some of the changes made to AOL Mail in the past didn't always have our users' best interests top of mind. No more. That stopped yesterday.

Today we take a stand. A passion for providing the best email product possible is our promise to you.

We've heard your feedback and with today's release we made three simple - but important - changes.

- Get the ads out... not all... but a more fair balance

- An easier sign-in experience with content relevant to email

- A new reading pane to help you read your email faster (see how to enable/disable)

Hopefully, you enjoy the new design and feel. Your opinion matters so please keep the feedback coming. Submit feedback here and submit it often.

Thank you for choosing AOL Mail!

The Mail Team

Ever since we had to regrettably disable one of our favorite features back in January 2009 (due to the shut down of "AOL Pictures") the entire AOL Mail team has been on a mission to bring it back for users. We knew not having this feature was a deal breaker. After experimenting with various options on our beta site, we can now finally say "It's back." We hope you'll like it better then what we had before.

Now you can truly integrate pictures right into the mail you are composing. No need to upload an image to a picture site first. Simply click on "Insert Pictures", select "My Computer", navigate to the picture you want to send – and done. It will be inserted right into the mail you are composing, ready to be resized and placed just the way you want it to appear in your mail.



You can insert as many pictures as you want. Although keep in mind that the file size of the picture counts towards the total size of a mail you can send, which is currently around 16MB. Btw, we're working to increase the allowable size of a mail so soon you'll be able to send even more. More on that later.....

The feature is currently only available on our beta site: http://beta.webmail.aol.com as we want to test it a bit more to ensure it really works the way we want. Please remember that your feedback plays a crucial role so let us know how you like it or if anything is missing.

Marcel Becker
AOL Mail Team

We've just released an update to AOL Mail which includes many highly requested features from you, our users. Some of you have already been test driving them in Beta – thank you for the positive feedback! All of these new features are now available at http://webmail.aol.com.

A quick highlight of what you'll see in your Inbox include: rich text signature, default fonts & colors, new themes, randomize theme, custom away message and exporting address book. See more details in this recap.

Enjoy and let us know what you think!

Rose Jen, Product Manager, AOL Mail

We're not satisfied until you're satisfied. In response to your feedback we're pleased to introduce some new features in AOL Webmail, and you can be the first to try them out! Experience them at http://beta.webmail.aol.com and as always, let us know what you think.

Create a Rich Text Signature & Set Your Default Font
Many of you have tried our stationery feature already. Here are other ways you can make your messages even more you! Below, you can see that I've designed my custom rich text signature, and added 1 of my favorite funny quotes...pun intended. I've also updated my font color to plum, just in time for the fall season. It should go perfectly with my Fall skin . If you like what you see, you can personalize both of these in Settings.


More and More Themes
Speaking of themes, I love the themes we have in our gallery and we've added even more to our selection! For example, there's a Football theme perfect for the football season; a Halloween theme for 1 of my favorite holidays just around the corner; and even a Doggy theme for the dog lover in all of us. But if you're like me and can't decide on just one, there's good news! Leave it up to chance and select "Use Random Theme." Every day is a new surprise.


Put up a Custom Away Message
For those of us lucky enough to have a planned vacation, we have the perfect solution to help you make everyone else jealous. You can now create your own custom response letting your friends know you're "busy" with life. For the rest of us, I guess we can keep dreaming.


Address Book Export
Many of us can't live without our address books, so why not keep it safe? They say "back up and back up often." You can now do the same with your address book. Simply go to Contacts to find the Export button, then choose from the 3 format options to get a backup copy of your address book.


Those are just a few highlights of what's over in Beta – discover more now .

Enjoy!
Rose Jen, Product Manager, AOL Mail Team

Take advantage of this exclusive AOL offer and you'll save $100's over your current mobile plan when you switch to Peek.

Keep on top of your email and in touch with your friends and family. Peek brings your AOL mail right into the palm of your hand.

With Peek you get super affordable, nationwide, unlimited email and text messaging for as little as $14.99 per month. No contracts, no hassles.


*Average annual savings versus major carriers' standard published rates as of 7/24/09.

Take your mailbox with you wherever you go. It's never been more affordable.

To learn more click here.

It's never been easier to quickly see last night's funniest and hottest TV clips. Just add the new TV's Top 5 plug-in and get last nights best moments straight to your inbox.

That's right. It's all right there. Mail. Laughs. Life.

Here's how....



So now you know. Never miss last night's top TV moments again. Enjoy!

Faithfully,

The AOL Mail Team

Life moves fast. But you know that. However, did you know that with AOL Sync you can take your AOL Address Book and Calendar to go by syncing them with your mobile device? With AOL Sync changes you make to your Address Book or Calendar will automatically be updated on your device and vice versa.

AOL Sync supports many of the most popular phones including the iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile phones, as well as many Samsung, Motorola, and Nokia models not to mention many others.

However, technology also moves fast. As such, on 8/18 we launched a new version of AOL Sync that expands support to over 72 new phones bringing our total number of phones supported to over 1200. The new phones include the Blackberry Pearl Flip (8220 & 8230), Curve Javelin (8900) and Blackberry Storm (9500, 9530).



In addition to increasing the number of devices supported, this new version fixes several issues including:

• Webmail not properly displaying Address Book entries for companies where there's no first or last name
• No option to bypass mobile number confirmation step if confirmation code is not received
• Recover option from Outlook Plug-in could fail because Notes and Tasks were checked by default
• Calendars shared from Webmail could not be synced
• Street addresses sometimes did not sync
• Errors when downloading the Windows Mobile Plug-in
• Duplicate Address Book entires if two accounts were synced from one client
• Screen name changes in Outlook not getting synced

Want to learn more? Then check out http://aolsync.aol.com/

Thanks for tuning in. Now go get synced!

Faithfully yours,

The Mail Team