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Learn how to turn off 2-step verification and receive a verification code to sign into your AOL account. You can use phone verification or authenticator app verification to add an extra security step.
Learn how to use an app password, AOL Desktop Gold, or the AOL Mail website to access your account from outdated apps that could leave your account vulnerable. Find out how to sync your account with the latest secure sign-in method on various platforms and devices.
Learn how to add, replace or remove a mobile phone number or email address as your account recovery info. This helps you access your account if you lose your password or need to verify your identity.
Learn about the techniques and protocols to verify the origin of email messages and combat spoofing, phishing, and fraud. Compare SPF, DKIM, and DMARC, and see how they work with SMTP and DNS.
A number of email systems support "sub-addressing" (also known as "plus" or "tagged" addressing) [4] [5] [6] where a tag can be appended to the "local part" of an email address — the part to the left of the "@" — but with the modified address being an alias to the unmodified address. For example, the address joeuser+tag@example.com denotes ...
AOL Mail offers secure and personalized email with features like AOL Mail, news, and weather for free. You can also access your email on the go with an iOS & Android app and get help from experts.
Learn what a message authentication code (MAC) is, how it works, and why it is used for authenticating and integrity-checking messages. Compare MAC with cryptographic hash functions, digital signatures, and other cryptographic primitives.
Learn how to generate and use an app password to access your AOL Mail account on third-party email apps that do not use the AOL Mail sign-in page. App passwords are randomly generated codes that remain active even if you change your main account password.