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New Mail: This folder contains new e-mail messages from authorized senders. There can be a maximum of 1,000 e-mails in this folder.

Notes:

• E-mail messages will be automatically moved to your Old Mail folder after they have been read.

• Optionally, you can change your display settings to show a unified Inbox folder, instead of the New Mail and Old Mail folders.

In the New Mail folder of your mailbox (or Inbox, depending on your settings), the column with the envelope icon is used to identify special e-mail types. Normal messages do not have an icon.

E-mail icons are designed to help you quickly distinguish whether the e-mail is from someone you know, whether it has an attached file, or contains an embedded picture. E-mail with embedded images have a small square in the e-mail icon. E-mail with attachments have a small disk image in the e-mail icon. In addition, there are several security features or distinguishing marks that'll help you identify the source of an e-mail.

Different E-mail Categories and Their Icons

E-mail messages can be grouped in the following general categories by clicking the related icon to toggle between ascending or descending:

• Official AOL Mail (a blue envelope)

• Priority AOL Mail (a yellow and red envelope)

• Certified AOL Mail (a dark green envelope)

• AOL Voicemail (a light blue phone)

• Flagged for follow-up (an orange flag)

• BillPay Mail (a green envelope)

• File attached (a paper clip)

• Unknown Sender (a question mark)

• Bulk Mail (a down arrow)