Ann Thank you. When I go to Mail Controls, it takes me to a page that says The URL you requested cannot be delivered and suggests that I download AOL Destop for Mac Version 1.5. Do you know anything about this AOL Desktop? I really need my Spam folder, but don't want to change my email system from what it is. One of the main reasons I've stayed with AOL as my main email is the bare bones mail program. I have other email programs, but don't like all the 'fluff' that goes with them. For this reason, I'm reluctant to download a new AOL program without knowing what it's like. There used to be a place where I could set the intensity of the spam filter, but can't locate it on the OS X version. I'd be willing to set the security low and wade through the spam myself if I could find that setting. Thank you for your help. Patricia in GA In a message dated 3/2/10 2:53:54 PM, Relieruter@aol.com writes: > Patricia in Ga > > I have a Mac OS 10. > > This is how the new spam folder works for me. > > Open Mail menu on the AOL Toolbar. > Click on "Mail Controls". > That will take you to AOL Web mail. > Type in your E-mail addy and password, or you may choose a new name and > password. > The Spam page will come up. > There is an icon in red letter, that says open your span folder. > Folder will come up like a popup. > Check the e-mails that you want to delete. > Close all open pages. > Be sure and go to AOL preferences, and clear the cookies and display. > > Hope this helps, > Ann > > In a message dated 2/3/10 12:15:24 AM, aolers-rootsweb-request@rootsweb > .com > writes: > > > > Re: spam folders (PJSTON@aol.com) > You have to do your own growing up no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Patricia in Ga I have a Mac OS 10. This is how the new spam folder works for me. Open Mail menu on the AOL Toolbar. Click on "Mail Controls". That will take you to AOL Web mail. Type in your E-mail addy and password, or you may choose a new name and password. The Spam page will come up. There is an icon in red letter, that says open your span folder. Folder will come up like a popup. Check the e-mails that you want to delete. Close all open pages. Be sure and go to AOL preferences, and clear the cookies and display. Hope this helps, Ann In a message dated 2/3/10 12:15:24 AM, aolers-rootsweb-request@rootsweb.com writes: > Re: spam folders (PJSTON@aol.com) >

Thanks Joan... I appreciate the information. "AOL's IMAP mail system stores the mail on AOL's servers--it isn't all downloaded when we click to read mail using the AOL mail program. As we click to read an email it becomes accessible to us unless the server that particular email is stored on at AOL is down or inaccessible for some reason. The fact that you can read OTHER inbox messages and just not the one or two indicates those emails are on a server that AOL can't find for you at that time. Eventually, those email DO become available again when the server comes backup--but you usually have to close your mailbox and reopen it to get those emails. Joan"

Unsend mail feature has been totally discontinued. None of the versions of AOL have it any longer. Sharon In a message dated 3/2/2010 6:57:17 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, NEWBIETAYLOR@aol.com writes: I use 8.0 and can no longer UNSEND an email. Get message: Sorry that feature is no longer available. Is this peculiar to 8.0 or has it been discontinued for all versions of AOL? I know that you cannot unsend an email after it has been read.

Sara- No...I believe that feature had to be discontinued when AOL changed their e-mail program. It is connected to the same change that has added full Internet headers to mail sent from one AOLer to another. Since it all goes out over the "Internet" now -- it can't be unsent once that happens, just like mail you used to send to non-AOLers couldn't be unsent. Joan In a message dated 3/2/2010 9:57:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, NEWBIETAYLOR@aol.com writes: I use 8.0 and can no longer UNSEND an email. Get message: Sorry that feature is no longer available. Is this peculiar to 8.0 or has it been discontinued for all versions of AOL? I know that you cannot unsend an email after it has been read. About my spam folder. A while back, I could not access my spam folder and received a message similar to the above. However, it has returned in a completely different format, much larger. Is this peculiar to 8.0? Sara

I have version 9.5 and just did a test by sending my husband a test email. I went to unsend it and was thinking that all was still ok because the unsend button was still there. But like you, a little box popped up after I clicked the unsend button saying that feature was no longer available. I guess we have to be more careful about double checking what we are sending now. Shucks - another impulsive activity is going by the wayside. Ruth In a message dated 3/2/2010 7:57:12 A.M. Mountain Standard Time, NEWBIETAYLOR@aol.com writes: I use 8.0 and can no longer UNSEND an email. Get message: Sorry that feature is no longer available. Is this peculiar to 8.0 or has it been discontinued for all versions of AOL? I know that you cannot unsend an email after it has been read. About my spam folder. A while back, I could not access my spam folder and received a message similar to the above. However, it has returned in a completely different format, much larger. Is this peculiar to 8.0? Sara ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AOLERS-ROOTSWEB ********* ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AOLERS-ROOTSWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I use 8.0 and can no longer UNSEND an email. Get message: Sorry that feature is no longer available. Is this peculiar to 8.0 or has it been discontinued for all versions of AOL? I know that you cannot unsend an email after it has been read. About my spam folder. A while back, I could not access my spam folder and received a message similar to the above. However, it has returned in a completely different format, much larger. Is this peculiar to 8.0? Sara

Thanks, Bev, but evidently my mail program doesn't look or work the same as yours. Many of the screens and features are different on AOL for Mac. Thanks for trying, though. :) Patricia in Ga In a message dated 3/1/10 8:47:07 PM, Wkrelease@aol.com writes: > Re: spam folders. > Its still there. When you  see something that is spam just click on spam > controls at the bottom of the  email list. From there you will have to go > to > the site where you have the list  of words/emails that you have blocked. > Add > the new email address & go to the  bottom where it says save. > When you go to delete emails you will see your  spam. Either delete it or > if its not spam click on its not spam. > > Bev  Carlson of Minnesota, United States of America > > Handle every stressful  situation like a dog. > If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk  away!  > You have to do your own growing up no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Re: spam folders. Its still there. When you see something that is spam just click on spam controls at the bottom of the email list. From there you will have to go to the site where you have the list of words/emails that you have blocked. Add the new email address & go to the bottom where it says save. When you go to delete emails you will see your spam. Either delete it or if its not spam click on its not spam. Bev Carlson of Minnesota, United States of America Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away!

Not a problem. Actually, I've been around a long time....just not often vocal. <g> Patricia S in GA In a message dated 3/1/10 7:47:08 PM, roulx@aol.com writes: > > I first signed Pat as my  name, which is what most people call me. However > since there is another Pat I started using Patricia to avoid confusion. > Now I see there has arrived another Patricia. Could you use your last initial > after Patricia to distinguish between?  I would rather not change again. > > Patricia > > > PJSTON@aol.com > > You have to do your own growing up no matter how tall your grandfather was.

Just a note, Patricia, (and this goes for everyone else in digest mode also)...please don't quote/copy the entire digest in your reply. Snip out all but the message to which you are replying. As to your statement about your name and someone else with the same name...It really doesn't matter too much as all of your email addresses are visible as the sender -- so we can tell you apart. :) Joan In a message dated 3/1/2010 7:47:08 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, roulx@aol.com writes: I first signed Pat as my name, which is what most people call me. However since there is another Pat I started using Patricia to avoid confusion. Now I see there has arrived another Patricia. Could you use your last initial after Patricia to distinguish between? I would rather not change again. Patricia PJSTON@aol.com

I first signed Pat as my name, which is what most people call me. However since there is another Pat I started using Patricia to avoid confusion. Now I see there has arrived another Patricia. Could you use your last initial after Patricia to distinguish between? I would rather not change again. Patricia PJSTON@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: aolers-rootsweb-request@rootsweb.com To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 12:00 am Subject: AOLERS-ROOTSWEB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 43 When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. Today's Topics: 1. Re: problems with AOL (Wkrelease@aol.com) 2. Re: problems with AOL (PJSTON@aol.com) 3. Re: problems with AOL (Franmuse@aol.com) 4. no mail (roulx@aol.com) 5. Re: problems with AOL (PJSTON@aol.com) 6. Re: no mail (JYoung6180@aol.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:25:03 EST From: Wkrelease@aol.com Subject: Re: [AOL-RW] problems with AOL To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <9019e.15088ade.38bc716f@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" re: problems with AOL. I hate AOL. After being a paid member for years, I decided it just wasn't worth paying for & went to free AOL. Nothing has changed. Still can't load web sites. Etc. Problems increased. Now I only use it for emails & then if I receive an email that I have to click on to see something I forward it to Gmail to read. Bev Carlson of Minnesota, United States of America Handle every stressful situation like a dog. If you can't eat it or hump it, piss on it and walk away! ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:47:36 EST From: PJSTON@aol.com Subject: Re: [AOL-RW] problems with AOL To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <90bec.27418024.38bc76b8@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Has anyone else lost their spam folder? When I try to access my spam folder, I'm taken to a website that says there's an error. Since, no matter what I do, a lot of my list mail seems to end up in my spam folder and I have to retrieve it, I'm a tad concerned. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can find it? I'm using AOL for Mac OSX Version 10.3.7 Patricia ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 20:56:16 EST From: Franmuse@aol.com Subject: Re: [AOL-RW] problems with AOL To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8c055.1afe25f9.38bc78c0@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In a message dated 2/28/2010 8:47:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, PJSTON@aol.com writes: > Has anyone else lost their spam folder? When I try to access my spam > folder, I'm taken to a website that says there's an error. Since, no > matter > what I do, a lot of my list mail seems to end up in my spam folder and I > have > to retrieve it, I'm a tad concerned. Does anyone have any suggestions as > > to where I can find it? Someone suggested typing spamfolder in the url space. Iit worked for me. Hope it does for you. I am using aol 8. Fran ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:10:18 -0500 From: roulx@aol.com Subject: [AOL-RW] no mail To: AOLERS-ROOTSWEB@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CC86FB79548276-B70-21050@webmail-d033.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I am getting very little new mail daily, while I usually get many messages from genealogy lists. I am visiting my daughter and signing in to my mail from her computer. would that be a problem? I have never had any trouble with this before. Patricia ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:53:45 EST From: PJSTON@aol.com Subject: Re: [AOL-RW] problems with AOL To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <93acf.6478890e.38bc8639@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Thank you, Fran, but unfortunately that didn't do it. My spam folder is still missing. Patricia In a message dated 2/28/10 8:56:30 PM, Franmuse@aol.com writes: > In a message dated 2/28/2010 8:47:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, > PJSTON@aol.com writes: > > > Has anyone else lost their spam folder??? When I try to access my spam > > folder, I'm taken to a website that says there's an error.?? Since, no > > matter > > what I do, a lot of my list mail seems to end up in my spam folder and I > > have > > to retrieve it, I'm a tad concerned.?? Does anyone have any suggestions > as > > > > to where I can find it? > > Someone suggested typing spamfolder in the url space. Iit worked for me.? > Hope it does for you.? I am using aol 8. > Fran > > > You have to do your own growing up no matter how tall your grandfather was. ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:05:34 EST From: JYoung6180@aol.com Subject: Re: [AOL-RW] no mail To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <903ab.61e73259.38bc88fe@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" In other words you are going to your AOL mail via AOL Web mail (on the AOL Web site) rather than getting your mail logging on via the AOL software? If so, it shouldn't make any difference in your receipt of mail. You should still be getting all of it. Joan In a message dated 2/28/2010 9:10:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, roulx@aol.com writes: I am getting very little new mail daily, while I usually get many messages from genealogy lists. I am visiting my daughter and signing in to my mail from her computer. would that be a problem? I have never had any trouble with this before. Patricia ------------------------------ To contact the AOLERS-ROOTSWEB list administrator, send an email to AOLERS-ROOTSWEB-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AOLERS-ROOTSWEB mailing list, send an email to AOLERS-ROOTSWEB@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AOLERS-ROOTSWEB-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AOLERS-ROOTSWEB Digest, Vol 5, Issue 43 **********************************************

In a message dated 01/03/2010 21:27:11 GMT Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Eventually, those email DO become available again when the server comes backup--but you usually have to close your mailbox and reopen it to get those emails. The best solution is often to give it up as a bad job, and then try again the following day - they're invariably there and open without problems. Paul Gaskell Publicity Officer Oxfordshire Family History Society Website : _www.ofhs.org.uk_ (http://www.ofhs.org.uk)

AOL's IMAP mail system stores the mail on AOL's servers--it isn't all downloaded when we click to read mail using the AOL mail program. As we click to read an email it becomes accessible to us unless the server that particular email is stored on at AOL is down or inaccessible for some reason. The fact that you can read OTHER inbox messages and just not the one or two indicates those emails are on a server that AOL can't find for you at that time. Eventually, those email DO become available again when the server comes backup--but you usually have to close your mailbox and reopen it to get those emails. Joan In a message dated 3/1/2010 4:10:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Nlment@aol.com writes: For the last week, every so often, when I try to open one of my emails, I will get an error message that mail is not currently available. What is that all about? It's new mail in my inbox and it's only one out of MANY...

This was happening to me. I was having small troubles with AOL for some time, but ignored them. Finally I was not able to dial-up at all. AOL has sent me a new 9.0 disc once the Tech realized my software was too corrupt to repair. My instructions are to uninstall all AOL manually then install the new disc. Been using free AOL anywhere until I am fixed. The Tech said it was important, once I got the disc, to call back and tell them I want to manually un-install all AOL files. I don't know if there is more to that then meets the eye or not. SharonBoyerBates@aol.com -----Original Message----- From: Nlment@aol.com To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com Sent: Mon, Mar 1, 2010 4:09 pm Subject: [AOL-RW] Mail not available For the last week, every so often, when I try to open one of my emails, I ill get an error message that mail is not currently available. What is hat all about? It's new mail in my inbox and it's only one out of MANY...

For the last week, every so often, when I try to open one of my emails, I will get an error message that mail is not currently available. What is that all about? It's new mail in my inbox and it's only one out of MANY...

In other words you are going to your AOL mail via AOL Web mail (on the AOL Web site) rather than getting your mail logging on via the AOL software? If so, it shouldn't make any difference in your receipt of mail. You should still be getting all of it. Joan In a message dated 2/28/2010 9:10:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, roulx@aol.com writes: I am getting very little new mail daily, while I usually get many messages from genealogy lists. I am visiting my daughter and signing in to my mail from her computer. would that be a problem? I have never had any trouble with this before. Patricia

Thank you, Fran, but unfortunately that didn't do it. My spam folder is still missing. Patricia In a message dated 2/28/10 8:56:30 PM, Franmuse@aol.com writes: > In a message dated 2/28/2010 8:47:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, > PJSTON@aol.com writes: > > > Has anyone else lost their spam folder?   When I try to access my spam > > folder, I'm taken to a website that says there's an error.   Since, no > > matter > > what I do, a lot of my list mail seems to end up in my spam folder and I > > have > > to retrieve it, I'm a tad concerned.   Does anyone have any suggestions > as > > > > to where I can find it? > > Someone suggested typing spamfolder in the url space. Iit worked for me.  > Hope it does for you.  I am using aol 8. > Fran > > > You have to do your own growing up no matter how tall your grandfather was.

I am getting very little new mail daily, while I usually get many messages from genealogy lists. I am visiting my daughter and signing in to my mail from her computer. would that be a problem? I have never had any trouble with this before. Patricia

In a message dated 2/28/2010 8:47:50 PM Eastern Standard Time, PJSTON@aol.com writes: > Has anyone else lost their spam folder? When I try to access my spam > folder, I'm taken to a website that says there's an error. Since, no > matter > what I do, a lot of my list mail seems to end up in my spam folder and I > have > to retrieve it, I'm a tad concerned. Does anyone have any suggestions as > > to where I can find it? Someone suggested typing spamfolder in the url space. Iit worked for me. Hope it does for you. I am using aol 8. Fran