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* email unsend capability (for mails sent to another AOL or AIM mailbox)
* 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<ref name=CNET>{{citation |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20022736-36.html |publisher=CNET |title=AOL's 'Project Phoenix' e-mail overhaul is here |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref>
* Domains: @aol.com and additionally @love.com, @ygm.com (short for you've got mail), @games.com, and @wow.com<ref name=CNET>{{citation |url=http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20022736-36.html |publisher=CNET |title=AOL's 'Project Phoenix' e-mail overhaul is here |date=2010-10-14 |accessdate=2011-03-09}}</ref>
* Supports [[Transport Layer Security|SSL]]/[[HTTPS]] after login<ref>[http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=101068&sliceId=2&docTypeID=DT_AOLFAQS_1_1&dialogID=3691282983&stateId=1%201%201543828500&radios=False Help.aol.com]</ref>
* Supports [[Transport Layer Security|SSL]]/[[HTTPS]] after login<ref>[http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=101068&sliceId=2&docTypeID=DT_AOLFAQS_1_1&dialogID=3691282983&stateId=1%201%201543828500&radios=False Help.aol.com]</ref>


== AOL Project Phoenix ==
== AOL Project Phoenix ==

Revision as of 07:21, 1 October 2016

AOL Mail
AOL Mail's logo
AOL Mail's logo
AOL Mail screenshot
A screenshot of a AOL Mail inbox in January 2014.
Type of site
Web application (E-mail, webmail)
Available in54 languages
OwnerAOL
URLwebmail.aol.com
CommercialYes
RegistrationRequired
Launched21 March 1993; 31 years ago (1993-03-21)
Current statusOnline
Content license
Proprietary

AOL Mail is a free web-based email (webmail) service provided by AOL. The service is sometimes referred to as AIM Mail where AIM stands for AOL Instant Messenger which is AOL's instant messaging service. During the summer of 2012, AOL Mail got a new look, its first significant overhaul in five years.

Features

AOL Mail has the following features available at no cost:

  • Email storage capacity: unlimited
  • Email attachment limit: 25 MB[1]
  • Account expiry on inactivity: 90 days[2]
  • Supported protocols: POP3, SMTP, IMAP[3]
  • 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[4][5]
  • Virus protection[6]
  • 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.
  • 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[3]
  • Supports SSL/HTTPS after login[7]

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.[8]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Larger Attachments Rolling Forward". mailblog.aol.com. 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
  2. ^ "Does my AOL Mail account get deactivated if I don't use it for 90 days". help.aol.com. 2014-10-12. Retrieved 2014-10-12.
  3. ^ a b AOL's 'Project Phoenix' e-mail overhaul is here, CNET, 2010-10-14, retrieved 2011-03-09
  4. ^ "Use AOL Mail and Spam Controls". Help.channels.aol.com. Archived from the original on 2009-06-21. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
  5. ^ "America Online Acquires Mailblocks". August 4, 2004. Retrieved 2008-10-24.
  6. ^ Help.aol.com Template:Wayback
  7. ^ Help.aol.com Template:Wayback
  8. ^ McCarthy, Caroline (November 14, 2010). "AOL's Project Phoenix overhaul is here". CNET.