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Check your account email client. One of the top reasons a user can't find their emails is due to settings from a third-party email client such as Outlook or the Mail app on your phone. Chances are the settings in the program are set to delete the emails from the AOL server each time you check your mail.
Emails from specific senders may be set up to go to the trash or other folders. Check your settings to view or change where they're going. • If you've set up filters, the settings may be routing some emails to the trash. You can review your filter settings in New AOL Mail and edit or delete any incorrect filters
By default, both the Trash and Spam folders empty automatically to keep your account tidy. These settings are set systemically and can't be changed. • Trash deletion frequency - Trash is deleted after 7 days. • Spam deletion frequency - Spam is deleted after 30 days.
Desktop apps, like Outlook, Thunderbird, and Mac Mail, can access AOL Mail using POP. Copies of your email download to the app, so actions in the app won't affect your account. One POP setting, however, will delete email from your account when it's downloaded. To disable the "delete emails from server" option, contact your app manufacturer.
This is a tactic used by bad actors and hackers to distract you from seeing emails that really are important to you. This can also be an indication that another login account has been compromised. Why is this happening? There are many reasons why a bad actor may try to flood your inbox with emails: • To distract you from seeing an important email
Never worry about getting overwhelmed with old or unwanted emails. AOL Mail lets you easily delete unwanted messages. If any of your emails have been permanently deleted or have gone missing in the last 7 days, give us a call and we' ll do everything we can to try to recover your lost messages. Delete a single email
While 99.9% of spam, malware and phishing emails are being caught by our spam filters, occasionally some can slip through. When this happens, it's very important to mark the email as spam, then our system will learn that messages from a specific sender aren't good and helps us make AOL Mail even better at recognizing future spam emails.
Find your application's "Email Accounts" or "Account Settings" section, select your AOL Mail account, then update to your new password. If you've activated 2-step verification for your AOL account, you'll need to generate and use an "app password" to access AOL Mail from these apps.