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

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!

Something strange is going on in my AOL mailbox. The subject line that shows up in the box doesn't match with the contents of the email. For Example: I had a list moderator request email in the subject line for a census-lookup list that I admin but when I opened the email it was a list of my Message Board Alerts. I'm also getting a red X showing when I open an email and if I close it and click on "Keep As New" the red X won't go away. Anyone else having problems? Lou

Pete- I don't know for sure but my best guess is that AOL is still using filters to filter out mail to a "spam folder" but you are simply not seeing it. Joan In a message dated 2/22/2010 6:53:33 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, PeteScherm@aol.com writes: I guess that AOL has now firmly decided that I shouldn't have a spam folder. That wouldn't bother me generally, as I get only 3 or 4 a day anyway (about the same number that I was getting years ago, before I found that I could access the folder via Keyword). But I have a concern......I'd like to think that this AOL change means that the supposed-spam mail will go to my incoming mailbox untouched, where I can make all of the decisions. But I'd like someone's opinion (nothing is "sure" with AOL) on whether there might still be letters retained as spam by AOL........ but which I couldn't view or deal with. I have had several desired letters end up in my spam folder, and I'd like to be sure that I wouldn't lose access to them. Any ideas? Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Lou, Read about your problem with the default AOL Browser. Question is: What Browser do you have for Default? I am on dialup and therefore had to stop using IE 6 as so many websites are now dropping IE 6 users in favor of IE 8 users that use XP or Vista. I choose to download and use the NEW GOOGLE IE 8 version and that is my newest Browser and have had absolutely no problems on my XP machines. I also use Firefox and find only that it requires you to wait until it loads before use. Absolutely no problems on my AOL and XP machines todate. The Google version of IE 8 comes with a special toolbar, and works immediately on my startup. As to any Email problems, YES, all the past 24 hours AOL or its approved ISP's here in California, have been having many problems with basic logon to AOL. AOL has drastically reduced ISP's available for DIALUP users like me, and those approved have been bouncing AOL users offline for no reason at all, requiring multiple logon's to read the email. I have resorted to multiple shutdowns of the computers to combat this new AOL problem the last 72 hours. JOHN in CA In a message dated 2/22/2010 8:25:02 AM Pacific Standard Time, LouMKing@aol.com writes: Is anyone else having trouble accessing Internet sites with AOL's integrated browser?

I have begun using Safari, as suggested by a friend, and it works quite well with Vista. Fewer disconnections, and no problems with other sites loading.

I guess that AOL has now firmly decided that I shouldn't have a spam folder. That wouldn't bother me generally, as I get only 3 or 4 a day anyway (about the same number that I was getting years ago, before I found that I could access the folder via Keyword). But I have a concern......I'd like to think that this AOL change means that the supposed-spam mail will go to my incoming mailbox untouched, where I can make all of the decisions. But I'd like someone's opinion (nothing is "sure" with AOL) on whether there might still be letters retained as spam by AOL........ but which I couldn't view or deal with. I have had several desired letters end up in my spam folder, and I'd like to be sure that I wouldn't lose access to them. Any ideas? Pete - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Pete Schermerhorn, in the glorious Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts </HTML>

When that happens to me (and it is only rarely) I log off and log back on. Sometimes a connection just gets dropped without disconnecting you completely from AOL but losing email, browser or AIM connection. Merely logging off and back on often fixes the problem. However, that said, I far prefer using Firefox (or another independent browser) for most access. Joan In a message dated 2/22/2010 11:25:04 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, LouMKing@aol.com writes: Is anyone else having trouble accessing internet sites with AOL's integrated browser? Yesterday and today, when I click on a link in my Favorite Places, the browser window opens with a blank white page, the URL does not show up in the browser and it just sits there. Lou

Is anyone else having trouble accessing internet sites with AOL's integrated browser? Yesterday and today, when I click on a link in my Favorite Places, the browser window opens with a blank white page, the URL does not show up in the browser and it just sits there. Lou

I am always having someone clone my screen name and I get a copy of the email as Joan said. For the last couple of months, they are selling Viagra. For the last few days, my email does not open after the first few emails are read. A check mark shows I read the email, but it never opened. This morning, two emails that I had read last evening, showed up in my spam box this morning with red checks showing I had read them. Now they should either have been in the recently deleted files, if I deleted them, or in my old mail file. But neither was true. They showed up as spam that had been read. Just more AOL glitches. I guess it will get better in a few days. By the way, I have been getting spam claiming to be from the FBI. I think this should be reported, but to whom should I report it. I know that if the FBI wanted this old gal, they would be knocking on my door, not sending email. Isn't it against the law to impersonate law enforcement?

The hacking of an account such as this may not have anything to do with AOL directly. Sometimes sites like Facebook where you may have your email address accessible to "friends" in your account info can lead to them hacking into your email account on AOL or another ISP. If you a site where your email address is part of the account information make sure your settings are secure and that only YOU can access the email info and not all of your "friends." Joan In a message dated 2/22/2010 1:59:45 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: Good. Since you are a paying member you should get full help. Sharon ----------------------------------- In a message dated 2/21/2010 2:14:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Jackbowk@aol.com writes: I'm a $9.99 per month member. The on-line support rep said nothing about no service to me, and in fact said the material was safe on AOL servers and would be restored. It has not been, though. I'll wait until MO morning before tackling them.

Good. Since you are a paying member you should get full help. Sharon ----------------------------------- In a message dated 2/21/2010 2:14:59 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, Jackbowk@aol.com writes: I'm a $9.99 per month member. The on-line support rep said nothing about no service to me, and in fact said the material was safe on AOL servers and would be restored. It has not been, though. I'll wait until MO morning before tackling them.

Hi Sharon, I'm a $9.99 per month member. The on-line support rep said nothing about no service to me, and in fact said the material was safe on AOL servers and would be restored. It has not been, though. I'll wait until MO morning before tackling them. Jack In a message dated 2/21/2010 12:04:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: Jack, Are you a paying member or do you have the free service? It might make a difference. Sharon ------------------------------------- In a message dated 2/20/2010 8:36:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Jack- Contact AOL immediately--by phone or any other means and explain what happened. Only they can help you resolve the matter. Joan ********* 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

In a message dated 2/21/2010 12:04:24 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, DULCICH6@aol.com writes: Jack, Are you a paying member or do you have the free service? It might make a difference. Sharon ------------------------------------- In a message dated 2/20/2010 8:36:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Jack- Contact AOL immediately--by phone or any other means and explain what happened. Only they can help you resolve the matter. Joan ********* 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

Yes - I did not receive the message. It was sent to all in my address book as if from <joanaspenataol.com> and my address book then was erased, as were my mail files, history files etc. It was not sent from me and there's no record of it in my computer's McAfee security system. In a message dated 2/21/2010 10:18:00 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Karen- Most of the time when you receive emails with AOL addresses including your own as the sender it doesn't mean your account has been hacked or your password compromised. It just means the spammer has spoofed your address. This is a common practice among spammers to use the TO address as the FROM address (from you and to you) as a means to get past spam filters at AOL or any other ISP. There is a term used for this--it's called a "Joe job" when spammers use this practice. It appears from Jack's email to the list that his experience was a bit different and that his account was actually hacked into. Joan In a message dated 2/21/2010 5:42:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, KesslerWV@aol.com writes: Apparently someone is going after AOL in a big way. For the past two month I have been getting emails from six or ten times weekly from different aol addresses advertising replica watches. I never really paid attention...just hit delete until one day I got one and it had MY husbands address on it as the sender. I immediately had him change his password. The emails continue to come ALL with aol addresses and I continued to hit delete NEVER clicking on the link it was trying to send me. Two weeks ago I got one from MY OWN email address. I changed my password (which seems to be aol's "fix all" in this type of situation). I don't think THEY (aol) know how this is happening. ********* 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

Karen- Most of the time when you receive emails with AOL addresses including your own as the sender it doesn't mean your account has been hacked or your password compromised. It just means the spammer has spoofed your address. This is a common practice among spammers to use the TO address as the FROM address (from you and to you) as a means to get past spam filters at AOL or any other ISP. There is a term used for this--it's called a "Joe job" when spammers use this practice. It appears from Jack's email to the list that his experience was a bit different and that his account was actually hacked into. Joan In a message dated 2/21/2010 5:42:54 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, KesslerWV@aol.com writes: Apparently someone is going after AOL in a big way. For the past two month I have been getting emails from six or ten times weekly from different aol addresses advertising replica watches. I never really paid attention...just hit delete until one day I got one and it had MY husbands address on it as the sender. I immediately had him change his password. The emails continue to come ALL with aol addresses and I continued to hit delete NEVER clicking on the link it was trying to send me. Two weeks ago I got one from MY OWN email address. I changed my password (which seems to be aol's "fix all" in this type of situation). I don't think THEY (aol) know how this is happening.

Hi Jack, Apparently someone is going after AOL in a big way. For the past two month I have been getting emails from six or ten times weekly from different aol addresses advertising replica watches. I never really paid attention...just hit delete until one day I got one and it had MY husbands address on it as the sender. I immediately had him change his password. The emails continue to come ALL with aol addresses and I continued to hit delete NEVER clicking on the link it was trying to send me. Two weeks ago I got one from MY OWN email address. I changed my password (which seems to be aol's "fix all" in this type of situation). I don't think THEY (aol) know how this is happening. Jack, I am truly sorry for what has happened to you. Although I "back up" on a regular basis I think I would be devastated if something that drastic happened to me. The "stranded in Europe" was going around last summer on yahoo addresses with several of my friends involved, but I haven't seen any from aol yet. At that time it was just a money scam, not compromising or purging any of my friends information that I know of. I hope you are able to retrieve some of your information. Regards, Karen P. S. As I was typing this I checked my SPAM folder (where these messages have been going) and sure enough there was one in there. I hesitate to copy and paste the message part here for you to see in case some one would click on it by accident but here is the address part. From: rob217@aol.com Subject: How to appear Successful in modern society Date: February 21, 2010 1:55:24 AM EST To: rob217@aol.com. On Feb 21, 2010, at 3:00 AM, aolers-rootsweb-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 11:03:09 EST > From: Jackbowk@aol.com > Subject: Re: [AOL-RW] AOLERS-ROOTSWEB - address book hacked/files > blank > To: aolers-rootsweb@rootsweb.com > Joan, et al - > > Just turned on my computer to find my system has been attacked and a > message of alarm sent to all my address book that I'm stranded in > Europe and > need help - send money etc. My address book is now empty - > completely purged > - my mail boxes are empty - and the files I've saved to AOL also. > The > false message has my name in the Subject line, and is apparently > sent from > "joanaspen@aol.com', as if I'm using her computer (whoever she > is). Advice on > how to proceed please. > > Jack > > In a message dated 1/15/2010 11:21:33 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, > jyoung6180@aol.com writes: > > I'd call back and if you get the same advice I'd ask to speak to a > supervisor and explain in detail that there must be something wrong > with > you > accent (the mailbox anyway) that is causing this to happen. See if > that > helps. > > Joan

Jack, Are you a paying member or do you have the free service? It might make a difference. Sharon ------------------------------------- In a message dated 2/20/2010 8:36:41 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Jack- Contact AOL immediately--by phone or any other means and explain what happened. Only they can help you resolve the matter. Joan

It's been a long time since I've had to call AOL tech support but the number I have on file is: 888-265-3733. I hope that is still current. Good luck! Joan In a message dated 2/20/2010 12:19:56 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jackbowk@aol.com writes: Joan, Do you have a reliable AOL phone number? Thanks. Jack

Joan, Do you have a reliable AOL phone number? Thanks. Jack In a message dated 2/20/2010 11:36:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: Jack- Contact AOL immediately--by phone or any other means and explain what happened. Only they can help you resolve the matter. Joan In a message dated 2/20/2010 11:03:43 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jackbowk@aol.com writes: Joan, et al - Just turned on my computer to find my system has been attacked and a message of alarm sent to all my address book that I'm stranded in Europe and need help - send money etc. My address book is now empty - completely purged - my mail boxes are empty - and the files I've saved to AOL also. The false message has my name in the Subject line, and is apparently sent from "joanaspen@aol.com', as if I'm using her computer (whoever she is). Advice on how to proceed please. Jack ********* 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