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Keep a valid mobile phone number or email address on your account in case you ever lose your password or run into a prompt to verify your account after signing in. We'll also include your recovery email address when sending a notification of changes made to your account. Add a mobile number or email address
This is why it's important to keep these recovery options up to date. Please review your account settings and recovery methods from time to time, and especially prior to changing phone numbers or other email addresses, to help ensure you can always access your account!
Email sender verification notice As part of AOL's commitment to user safety, an alert message will appear if the third-party mail client you're using adds a message to your inbox, or if we believe your account may have been compromised.
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An email account is often required to create an account. During this process, a confirmation hyperlink is sent in an email message to an email address specified by a person. The email recipient is instructed in the email message to navigate to the provided confirmation hyperlink if and only if they are the person creating an account.
In the early 1980s, when Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) was designed, it provided for no real verification of sending user or system. This was not a problem while email systems were run by trusted corporations and universities, but since the commercialization of the Internet in the early 1990s, spam, phishing, and other crimes have been found to increasingly involve email.
2. Next to "2-Step Verification," click Turn on. 3. Select Phone number for your 2-step verification method. 4. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the process. Sign in with 2-step for phone. 1. Sign in to your AOL account with your password. 2. Enter the verification code sent to your phone. 3. Click Verify.
From your preferences, go to the section entitled User profile, and scroll down to Email options, if desired check the box next to Enable email from other users. Click the button in that section; an email will be sent to your email address with a confirmation link. If you see no link, go to Special:ConfirmEmail.