AOL Mail

AOL Mail
A screenshot of a AOL Mail inbox in January 2014.
Type of site
 Web application (E-mail, webmail)
Available in 54 languages
Owner AOL
Website mail.aol.com
Commercial Yes
Registration Required
Launched March 21, 1993 (1993-03-21)
Current status Online
Content license
 Proprietary

AOL Mail (stylized as Aol Mail) is a free web-based email service provided by AOL, a division of Verizon Communications. The service is sometimes referred to as AIM Mail where "AIM" stands for AOL Instant Messenger.

On March 16, 2017, Verizon, which had acquired AOL in 2015, announced that it would discontinue its in-house e-mail services for internet subscribers, and migrate all customers to AOL Mail.[1]

Features

AOL Mail has the following features available:

  • Email attachment limit: 25 MB[2]
  • Max mailbox size: 1,000 new messages, 4,000 old messages and 4,000 sent messages per screen name. Max 250 GB if all messages have 25 MB attachments[3].
  • Supported protocols: POP3, SMTP, IMAP[4]
  • Link to other email accounts from other service providers (such as Gmail and Hotmail).
  • Ads: are displayed while working with the e-mail account. Embedded links within emails are automatically disabled and can only be activated by the email user.
  • Spam protection[5][6]
  • Virus protection[7]
  • Spell checking
  • AIM Panel with a full buddy list, and indicators to show presence of online buddies, as well as shortcuts to sponsored popular web sites. This went away with the end of AIM.
  • email unsend capability (for mails sent to another AOL or AIM mailbox)
  • Domains: @aol.com and additionally @love.com, @ygm.com (short for you've got mail), @games.com, and @wow.com[4]
  • Supports SSL/HTTPS after login[8]

Account inactivity

If an AOL Mail account is inactive for 90 days, it may become deactivated, at which point any emails sent to it may not be delivered and may be returned to sender. After 180 days of inactivity, the account may be deleted.[9]

AOL Project Phoenix

An email program by AOL that features a Quick Bar where emails, text messages, and AOL Instant Messenger messages can be sent from one area. It also lets people add up to five accounts into it. It features a search feature that will load photos, attachments, addresses, and dates from emails.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Verizon Dropping Its Email Business". Multichannel News. Retrieved March 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Larger Attachments Rolling Forward". mailblog.aol.com. January 11, 2010. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved January 20, 2010.
  3. ↑ Eitelbach, David. "Yahoo Mail vs. Outlook.com vs. Gmail vs. AOL Mail". Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  4. 1 2 AOL's 'Project Phoenix' e-mail overhaul is here, CNET, October 14, 2010, retrieved March 9, 2011
  5. ↑ "Use AOL Mail and Spam Controls". Help.channels.aol.com. Archived from the original on June 21, 2009. Retrieved September 17, 2009.
  6. ↑ "America Online Acquires Mailblocks". August 4, 2004. Archived from the original on December 17, 2012. Retrieved October 24, 2008.
  7. ↑ Help.aol.com Archived April 23, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ↑ Help.aol.com Archived August 19, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. ↑ "Does my AOL Mail account get deactivated if I don't use it for 90 days?". help.aol.com. AOL. June 1, 2016. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  10. ↑ McCarthy, Caroline (November 14, 2010). "AOL's Project Phoenix overhaul is here". CNET.
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