Search Made That Much Easier
Posted Jul 7th 2009 5:31PM by Webmail Team
Notice anything new and improved with your Search bar? To help speed you on your way to finding what you need on the Web, we're pleased to introduce our new auto-complete feature.
Just start typing your query in the Search bar and suggestions will automatically display in a drop down box. Find the term you need and just click it. VOILA!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
1. For a second I was so happy thinking Search functionalities were improved in AOL mail. Unfortunately it referred to web search.
Please improve search in AOL mail. Currently all it offers issearch Mail, Sender and Subject.
Please give advanced search and cross-folder search!
Posted at 8:51PM on Jul 8th 2009 by kartik-shankar
2. @kartik-shankar: We definitely hear you and we are working on offering this feature. We want it as bad as you and other users. Believe me. Stay tuned.
Posted at 12:56PM on Jul 9th 2009 by marcelbmbecker
3. Having problems using Outlook, sends ok but won't receive emails. I get this error message:-
Task 'pop.csi.com - Receiving' reported error (0x800CCC90) : 'Your incoming (POP3) e-mail server has reported an internal error. If you continue to receive this message, contact your server administrator or Internet service provider (ISP). The server responded: -ERR system failure: IOException while retrieving content for item 6547'
Posted at 2:43PM on Jul 12th 2009 by Jamal
4. HELP!!! All day long EVERYTIME I log into aol, I am able to successfully log in, but then within seconds, I get this same message:
Please excuse the interruption, but Web Mail has just been updated.
Get back to your mail!
I have had this problem for over the last 12 hours. I can't do anything with my email because this message keeps booting me off!
Posted at 11:53PM on Jul 14th 2009 by emilyrichley
5. For some reason, whenever I try to go to AIM express it won't let me! It says I need Adobe Flash! What is that all about? I typed it into Google (yea...) and I got nothing, I'm totally lost! Please give me some advice.
Posted at 8:20PM on Jul 15th 2009 by Molly
6. @Molly: AIM Express requires Adobe Flash to be installed on your system. This should usually already be installed since a lot of sides require this as well. You can get it here: http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/
If you don't want to install it you can also just use the built in AIM client in Webmail: http://webmail.aol.com
Posted at 12:34PM on Jul 16th 2009 by marcelbmbecker
7. Lately I am getting all this mail from drug companies in Canada! How do I stop this? I have tried spam etc, and they keeping coming each will a different email address. HELP!
Posted at 2:29PM on Jul 20th 2009 by Denise DEPINA
8. I need help with a netscape.net account please. I used this account as an alternate email for a yahoo account. I need to retrieve my yahoo password and so yahoo has sent password reset info to my netscape.net account. I think you can see my dilemma. I have created a new AOL account using my old netscape.net login info, but I am not getting any of the emails.l Further more yahoo has not given an error message indicating the reset info was undeliverable.
Posted at 6:20AM on Jul 20th 2009 by Jon
9. @Jon: How did you try to create this netscape.net account? An AOL account and netscape.net are not the same.
@Depina: Check you spam setting (is it on Medium or High?) and keep reporting it as spam. That's the right way to do that.
Posted at 11:28AM on Jul 21st 2009 by marcelbmbecker
10. Please stop sending anything too this e-mail address your helping who ever has taking over my e-mails xxxkelstarrxxx@aol.com xkelstarrxx@aol.com xxkelstarrxx@aol.com kelstar44@aol.com they have put parent control on my e-mails so I cant get in aswell as hrough goggle, windows live or microsoft office sending my photo and a computer signature saying its me to take over my stuff to add a cell phone which I never did they have done this with face book my space and icq and windows live and every securty site to gain access to my accounts and pass words they have taken over my my ip address and url too they have added a magic jack through my computer I notice they havent take this one e-mail because its a free one however hey still did for my space, and face book..and to down load songs.. if you could help me . I would be greatly appreated I have been reporting it but they seem too know and send there letter and photo of me from my face book photo to prove to you its me I will send you a photo of me holding a paper with my e-mail address to stop it.. just send me and address or phone I can up load this... please cut off any attacments to this e-mail so it is just an e-mail and all change the [password for the hundred time. NO CELL NO ICQ NO anything to help them gain access PLEASE..if you want to get a hold of me my number is 818-316-1302 aswell as use my sons e-mail address xblacklabel09x@aol.com he will relate the message Thank you Kelly Harges
Posted at 7:29PM on Jul 21st 2009 by KellyHarges
11. i cannot access my netscape.net or aim.com email address so that I can transfer my mail to my new address. please can someone email me to give me instructions
Posted at 8:04PM on Jul 23rd 2009 by Patricia Raske
12. I keep receiving an email message entitled E-mail Storage Maintenance Necessary. Can you tell me how I know if it is legit or a hoax? Email is below.
Periodically, we'll ask you to enter a code so we can continue providing you with unlimited storage space for your e-mail. This code confirms your identity and helps keep people from using automated programs to save tons of junk mail and large files on our servers -- which could slow down your service.
Click http://challenge.aol.com/en/us/storage.html to go to the code screen now. It only takes a minute to complete and helps us give you the best e-mail experience possible.
Thanks for your cooperation,
The Mail Team
Posted at 4:18PM on Jul 27th 2009 by ne2907
13. @ne2907: this mail is legit. You need to complete this to increase your storage limit. This is to prevent hackers or bots from misusing our back ends.
Posted at 5:33PM on Jul 27th 2009 by marcelbmbecker
14. Marcel,
I tried to upgrade my storage and this is the response I got. Now what?
Sorry, at this time you are not eligible for a storage upgrade since you have not used all of the available storage associated with your mailbox. Thanks for your cooperation, and we are sorry for any inconvenience.
The Mail Team
Posted at 3:35PM on Jul 28th 2009 by ne2907
15. I can't send or forward mail but I can receive. What do I do to correct this problem. I just started the aol email today! pleas help!!
Posted at 4:38PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Janice James
16. I cannot convert my newmail/oldmail mailbox to a "unified" mailbox. There is no setting for this in settings and if I use http://inbox.aol.com/mail/changeMailboxStyle?style=self I ger an error stating "Sorry!
Your mailbox is not eligible for switching."
I have four AOL UK webmail screennames and it is the same for all of them
Posted at 6:21PM on Jul 28th 2009 by Peter John Miller
17. I didn't know this was in AOL.9.5 until I looked around. I hear good things about blog.
Posted at 4:58PM on Jul 29th 2009 by Dwight Crim
18. @ne2907: The storage increase was probably already granted. You should not get those mails anymore
@Janice James: How are you trying to send/forward? Are you using http://webmail.aol.com? Are you getting any error messages? Are you composing mails inline or as pop-out?
@Peter John Miller: Do you have @aol.com or @aol.co.uk addresses? Switching is currently only possible for US based @aol.com addresses. However, we are working to convert all our mailboxes for all users to unified in the new future.
Posted at 5:29PM on Jul 29th 2009 by marcelbmbecker
19. Marcel, I continue to get emails to expand my storage and I have not been successful in doing so. FYI, it is for another screen name account - not ne2907. Please advise. I don't want to risk losing any emails! Thank you!
Posted at 8:10PM on Jul 29th 2009 by ne2907
20. Marcel,
I have @aol.com addresses because I had originally been a UK based member of AOL for 14 years or so. On ceasing my membership I was told that my addresses would change to @aol.co.uk, although my @aol.com addresses would, and do, continue to work.
So I guess that my addresses are treated as @aol.co.uk and this why I cannot convert (yet) but it is helpful to know that the option is coming.
The curious thing is that there was one occasion after I stopped my membership a box came up inviting me to convert to unified mailbox, but at the time I did not know what the implications of that would be and therefore declined!
When I log out of AOL webmail my browser goes to the AOL UK home page (even if I have logged in via a US log-in page, e.g. the new CompuServe webmail log-ins), a but if I try to look for help from that page or from within my mailbox, I am taken to help mostly intended for AOL members using the AOL software, so it is not much help.
Anyway, thanks for the information, which is more helpful than anything I found on aol.co.uk!
Posted at 9:50AM on Jul 30th 2009 by Peter John Miller