AOL Mail explained

AOL Mail
Commercial:No
Type:Web application (E-mail, webmail)
Registration:Requires
Language:54 languages
Content License:Proprietary
Owner:AOL
Current Status:Online

AOL Mail (stylized as Aol Mail.) is a free web-based email service provided by AOL, a division of Yahoo! Inc.

Features

AOL Mail has the following features available:

If an AOL Mail account is inactive for 12 months, it may be deleted.[7]

History

In 1993, both America Online (AOL) and Delphi started connecting their proprietary e-mail services to the Internet.[8]

As of October 1997, AOL Mail was the world's largest e-mail provider, with around 9 million subscribers[9] (identical with the number of AOL subscribers).[10]

In 1997, AOL launched NetMail, a web-based version of its e-mail service. It was initially criticized for only working on Internet Explorer, but a later Java-written version ensured compatibility with Netscape Navigator.[11] The service was renamed AOL Mail on the Web in December 1999.[12]

In January 2001, an e-mail alert service for text-based digital cellphones and pagers was launched.[13]

In 2004, AOL tested a new free webmail service for the public, without the need of customers subscribing to AOL. This was done in an effort to compete better against MSN Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail and Gmail.[14] The service launched in May 2005 under the name AIM Mail, with 2 gigabytes of mail storage and tightly integrated with AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). It is based on technology from MailBlocks, which AOL acquired in 2004.[15]

From August 2006, AOL became entirely free of charge for broadband users.[16] [17] The same month, Netscape Mail was migrated to AIM Mail.[18]

In November 2010, AOL released Project Phoenix, an email application program that features a Quick Bar where emails, text messages, and AOL Instant Messenger messages can be sent from one area. It also lets people add up to five accounts into it.[19] In 2012, AOL released the Alto Mail software.

As of July 2012, there were 24 million AOL Mail users.[20] By 2021, the number of paying users had dropped to 1.5 million. [21]

On March 16, 2017, Verizon, which had acquired AOL in 2015, announced that it would discontinue its in-house email services for internet subscribers, and migrate all customers to AOL Mail.[22]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: AOL Postmaster. postmaster.aol.com. February 20, 2019.
  2. Web site: Wenzel. Elsa. AOL Mail offering unlimited storage, integrated chatting. 2020-11-08. CNET. en.
  3. Web site: How to Block Email Addresses in AOL. Nick Davis. Houston Chronicle. February 20, 2019.
  4. Web site: America Online Acquires Mailblocks. August 4, 2004. February 20, 2019.
  5. http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=222031&sliceId=1&docTypeID=DT_AOLFAQS_1_1&dialogID=9362812&stateId=1%200%209376610 Help.aol.com
  6. http://help.aol.com/help/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=101068&sliceId=2&docTypeID=DT_AOLFAQS_1_1&dialogID=3691282983&stateId=1%201%201543828500&radios=False Help.aol.com
  7. https://help.aol.com/articles/reasons-aol-deactivates-or-deletes-an-account?guccounter=1#:~:text=The%20following%20actions%20can%20result%20in%20an%20account%20being%20deleted%3A&text=You%20requested%20your%20account%20be%20deleted.&text=You%20didn't%20sign%20in,in%20the%20past%2012%20months.&text=Your%20account%20was%20used%20in,violates%20our%20Terms%20of%20Service Help.aol.com
  8. https://www.livinginternet.com/e/ei.htm Email History
  9. News: Hotmail (1) - Land of the free. Irish Times. October 27, 1997.
  10. News: August 3, 2006. AOL tries to survive by going free. Richard Wray and Dan Milmo. The Guardian.
  11. News: AOL's NetMail not universal. Paul . Festa . CNET. December 15, 1997.
  12. News: America Online Launches AOL Mail on the Web. Warner Media. November 22, 1999.
  13. News: AOL Launches E-Mail Alert Service. ABC News. January 9, 2011. February 20, 2019.
  14. News: AOL gets ready to launch free Web e-mail. Jim Hu. ZDNet. December 22, 2004.
  15. News: John Leyden. June 7, 2005. AOL launches free 2GB webmail service. The Register. February 20, 2019.
  16. News: About Time: AOL Goes Free. August 2, 2006. Joseph Weisenthal. February 20, 2019.
  17. News: In a Shift, AOL Mail to Be Free. Saul Hansell and Richard Siklos. The New York Times. August 3, 2006. February 20, 2019.
  18. News: Netscape WebMail to be killed by AIM after Calacanis experiment. https://web.archive.org/web/20091121043608/http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1008306/netscape-webmail-killed-aim-calacanis-experiment. unfit. November 21, 2009. Fernando Cassia. The Inquirer. July 19, 2006. February 20, 2019.
  19. News: November 14, 2010. Caroline McCarthy. AOL's Project Phoenix overhaul is here. . February 20, 2019.
  20. News: To keep its 24M users from fleeing, AOL redesigns Mail with much sharper look. Sean Ludwig . . July 26, 2012 . February 20, 2019.
  21. News: About 1.5 million people still pay for AOL — but now they get tech support and identity theft services instead of dial-up internet . Alex . Sherman . CNBC . May 3, 2021 . May 17, 2022 .
  22. News: Verizon Dropping Its Email Business . March 16, 2017 . Jeff . Baumgartner. Multichannel News. February 20, 2019.

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