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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.
When emails go missing in AOL Mail, it's often due to a few simple things; either the message is in the wrong folder, your third-party mail client's settings, or your account was deactivated due to inactivity. Check your other folders. The first thing place to check if you're missing mail is to check your other folders.
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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.
This means that if you delete an email from your account after it's been downloaded, the downloaded copy remains in the app. Additionally, POP only downloads emails from the Inbox (not personalized folders), so to download all of your emails, you'd need to move email from existing folders to the Inbox.
Click on the video below to see the steps for Mail for Mac. The video will open in a new tab. In Mail on Mac, click Mail and then choose Settings from the menu. Select your AOL Mail account from the account list. Select the Server Settings tab.
Basic search - Enter keywords in the top search bar, then click the Search icon; Search by sender - When viewing a list of emails, mouse over 1 and click the Search icon
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