Auto AOL

Allows you to select multiple mail functions to be performed automatically during an Auto AOL session. You can also begin an Auto AOL session from the Auto AOL screen.

Setting Auto AOL options

1. Send "Waiting" mail: Check this box to automatically send all mail from the Waiting tab of your File Cabinet. All messages in the Waiting tab – new, replies or forwards – will be sent in a single action.
   
   
2. Put unread mail into "Saved:" If you check this box and run an Auto AOL session, your new, unread mail will automatically download and be placed in the Saved tab of your File Cabinet. You can then read the "new mail" offline from your File Cabinet on your device. After you Refresh your New Mail on your device and when you next log onto your desktop AOL Mail, this mail will not display in the New Mail tab; it will be displayed in the Old Mail tab.
   
   
3. Keep all mail received as new: This option is only available if the Put unread mail into "Saved" option above is checked. Check this box to save your new mail in the file cabinet and also continue to display it in the New Mail tab on your handheld device and your desktop AOL application.
   
   
4. Run Auto AOL: Tap to begin an Auto AOL session.
   
   
5. Cancel: Cancels any changes you have made and returns you to the AOL main screen.

Running Auto AOL Offline

1. Tap the Auto AOL icon on the AOL main screen to display the offline Auto AOL screen.
2. Set your preferences on the Auto AOL screen by tapping the appropriate check box(es).
3. Tap Sign On. This signs you on only to run Auto AOL. Auto AOL runs, displays a progress screen, and automatically signs off. The following progress screen shows what happened during the example Auto AOL session. Because all three options were checked on the Automatic AOL Options screen, the following occurred.
   
   

   Four messages in the Waiting tab of the File Cabinet were sent. There were 3 unread messages found in the New Mail tab of the Online Mailbox. These unread messages were placed in the Saved tab of the File Cabinet.

   
   
4. Tap OK. This returns you to the AOL main screen.

Running Auto AOL Online

1. Tap the Auto AOL icon on the AOL main screen to display the online Auto AOL screen.
2. Set your preferences on the Auto AOL screen by tapping the appropriate check box(es).
3. Tap Run Auto AOL. Auto AOL runs and displays a progress screen. Because only the first option (Send "Waiting" mail) on the Automatic AOL Options screen was checked, the following occurred.

   Because there was nothing in the Waiting tab, no messages were sent. No unread messages were retrieved from the New Mail tab of the Online Mailbox. Therefore, there was nothing to place in the Saved tab of the File Cabinet.

   
   
4. Tap OK to return to the AOL main screen. You are still online.

Running Auto AOL with Nothing to Retrieve

If you start Auto AOL with no unread messages in the New Mail tab of your Online Mailbox, and no messages in the Waiting tab of your File Cabinet, the following progress screen displays.

Because there was nothing in the Waiting tab, no messages were sent. Because the New Mail tab was empty, no new messages were found. Therefore, there was nothing to place in the Saved tab.

If Auto AOL fails

Auto AOL runs as a sequential series of events. For example, if you have checked all three options and there are messages to be sent as well as unread mail to be saved, Auto AOL will proceed to successively send all messages in the Waiting tab, and then place all unread mail in the Saved tab.

Note: In some cases (for example, having a message in the Waiting tab with an invalid screen name) an information message will display with the reason for the failure.

Tap OK to close the Information box, then tap OK to close the Progress screen.

In addition to trying to send a message with an invalid screen name, Auto AOL could also fail if there is a message in the Waiting tab with no recipients.