Verizon Move to AOL Mail

jeffpan · 7 Jun 2016, 07:01 PM

Verizon recently acquired AOL and is excited to provide its customers the benefits of AOL Mail including unlimited storage, email attachments up to 25 MB, advanced spam filters and virus protection! To learn more, review the FAQs below.

https://help.aol.com/articles/verizo...o-aol-mail-faq

janusz · 7 Jun 2016, 08:08 PM

That's not exactly hot news. From the Verizon-AOL FAQ pages

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If you haven't migrated your verizon.net email to AOL Mail before April 1, 2016, you will still have 6 months to migrate your email if you remember your password. Unfortunately, there is no way to recover the password if you haven't migrated your email by April 1st.

David · 8 Jun 2016, 01:09 AM

Thanks for the heads-up, jeffpan

jeffpan · 8 Jun 2016, 10:32 AM

May I ask if you guys anyone still use AOL as primary mail?

janusz · 8 Jun 2016, 03:33 PM

Not exactly among "us guys", but two of my regular correspondents use @aol addresses (as their only one AFAIK). Strangely enough, neither lives in the USA.

jeffpan · 8 Jun 2016, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by janusz

Not exactly among "us guys", but two of my regular correspondents use @aol addresses (as their only one AFAIK). Strangely enough, neither lives in the USA.

Here I saw some people from HongKong use AOL Mail for communications.

Dutchie007 · 8 Jun 2016, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffpan

May I ask if you guys anyone still use AOL as primary mail?

Hell no!!! I still have 2 AOL accounts but only because it's a damn hassle to delete them..! Even after years of not logging in they still there....I made them somewere in 1998 or 1999 when I got my first Internet connection.

AOL is just like a sick old dog...somebody has to put it out of his missery.

if you want to use something on daily bases for free I'd suggest Yandex,mail.ru or Outlook/Gmail if you don't have a problem with their privecy policy. But definately NOT AOL.

Dutchie.

jeffpan · 8 Jun 2016, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutchie007

Hell no!!! I still have 2 AOL accounts but only because it's a damn hassle to delete them..! Even after years of not logging in they still there....I made them somewere in 1998 or 1999 when I got my first Internet connection.

AOL is just like a sick old dog...somebody has to put it out of his missery.

if you want to use something on daily bases for free I'd suggest Yandex,mail.ru or Outlook/Gmail if you don't have a problem with their privecy policy. But definately NOT AOL.

Dutchie.

Can you tell why @Dutchie?

Zach · 9 Jun 2016, 11:01 PM

AOL has the problem of emails not coming through, a bit like iCloud.

ezkop · 11 Jun 2016, 11:39 PM

How about comparing AOL and YAHOO? Which one is worse?
YAHOO's webmail has too many ads.

Dutchie007 · 12 Jun 2016, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ezkop

How about comparing AOL and YAHOO? Which one is worse?
YAHOO's webmail has too many ads.

The ads are not the problem. I dont mind the ads, after all its a free product. For that you can use an ad blocker service in your browser. The problem is the service at AOL itself. My experience is that with a (free) AOL account many emails do NOT reach their destination!! Thats UN acceptable. Sure Yahoo isn't perfect but imho way better then the email service of AOL.

I do not want to list all the problems that AOL (free) email service has....I guess if you do a 5 minute search on this very forum will show what is the problem. I would advice anybody to stay away from AOL for daily useage. And if you do, sooner or later you will regret it.

AOL is outdated.....lack of service....technicaly obsolete and years behind services like Yandex,Gmail,Outlook or mail.ru.

Dutchie

Just Bill · 12 Jun 2016, 10:10 PM

"A sick old dog that needs to be put down" is a very accurate description of AOL. It would also apply to Yahoo.

Dutchie007 · 13 Jun 2016, 04:54 AM

I'm afraid that IF verizon realy buys Yahoo...thez will have 2 wet cats in the same bag...LOL.
I dont think Yahoo will recover from this.

In my area actualy nobody uses AOL or Yahoo on a daily basis, Infact the youngsters hardly use ANY email....I'm an old geezer so I still have those accounts out of youth sentiments....hahahahahaha. Today it's all whats app,Viber...or stuff like that. Even job applications are being send with that.

Then again in Germany civil servants still use the FAX machine..!! Go figure.

But for daily use...I prefer Yandex,Mail.ru..and when in Bulgaria (my second home) I use abv.bg (and their android app) or mail.bg.

Dutchie

janusz · 13 Jun 2016, 05:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Dutchie007

My experience is that with a (free) AOL account many emails do NOT reach their destination

My experience is different. For some 15 years I've been regularly exchanging emails with two friends with free AOL addresses, say a dozen emails per week, and I see no evidence of my messages, or theirs, going astray.

jeffpan · 13 Jun 2016, 07:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Dutchie007

I'm afraid that IF verizon realy buys Yahoo...thez will have 2 wet cats in the same bag...LOL.
I dont think Yahoo will recover from this.

In my area actualy nobody uses AOL or Yahoo on a daily basis, Infact the youngsters hardly use ANY email....I'm an old geezer so I still have those accounts out of youth sentiments....hahahahahaha. Today it's all whats app,Viber...or stuff like that. Even job applications are being send with that.

Then again in Germany civil servants still use the FAX machine..!! Go figure.

But for daily use...I prefer Yandex,Mail.ru..and when in Bulgaria (my second home) I use abv.bg (and their android app) or mail.bg.

Dutchie

One of my friend, the owner of cloudns.net, is coming from BG.

7 Jun 2016, 07:01 PM	#1
jeffpan The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Macao Posts: 2,131 Representative of: tls-mail.com	Verizon Move to AOL Mail Verizon recently acquired AOL and is excited to provide its customers the benefits of AOL Mail including unlimited storage, email attachments up to 25 MB, advanced spam filters and virus protection! To learn more, review the FAQs below. https://help.aol.com/articles/verizo...o-aol-mail-faq

8 Jun 2016, 01:09 AM	#3
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	Thanks for the heads-up, jeffpan

8 Jun 2016, 10:32 AM	#4
jeffpan The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Macao Posts: 2,131 Representative of: tls-mail.com	May I ask if you guys anyone still use AOL as primary mail?

8 Jun 2016, 03:33 PM	#5
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,944	Not exactly among "us guys", but two of my regular correspondents use @aol addresses (as their only one AFAIK). Strangely enough, neither lives in the USA.

9 Jun 2016, 11:01 PM	#9
Zach Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2016 Posts: 119	AOL has the problem of emails not coming through, a bit like iCloud.

11 Jun 2016, 11:39 PM	#10
ezkop Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 24	How about comparing AOL and YAHOO? Which one is worse? YAHOO's webmail has too many ads.

12 Jun 2016, 10:10 PM	#12
Just Bill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 192	"A sick old dog that needs to be put down" is a very accurate description of AOL. It would also apply to Yahoo.

13 Jun 2016, 04:54 AM	#13
Dutchie007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 388	I'm afraid that IF verizon realy buys Yahoo...thez will have 2 wet cats in the same bag...LOL. I dont think Yahoo will recover from this. In my area actualy nobody uses AOL or Yahoo on a daily basis, Infact the youngsters hardly use ANY email....I'm an old geezer so I still have those accounts out of youth sentiments....hahahahahaha. Today it's all whats app,Viber...or stuff like that. Even job applications are being send with that. Then again in Germany civil servants still use the FAX machine..!! Go figure. But for daily use...I prefer Yandex,Mail.ru..and when in Bulgaria (my second home) I use abv.bg (and their android app) or mail.bg. Dutchie