AOL/AIM Mail Product Insider Blog

Written by guest blogger Teya, Product Management, AOL Mail Team

Have you checked out the all-new My eAddress?  AOL made it even easier for you to express yourself with a personalized email address.  I like that you get to choose an email domain (the part after the @ sign) that suits your personality, with the same ease as signing up for AOL's free email (takes around 1 min.).  Oh and don’t worry, it still won’t cost you a penny!

AOL has quite a few domain name choices to pick from—30 of them in fact.  Some of my personal favorites are @luckymail.com, @writesoon.com, @totalfoodnut.com and @when.com.   I can just imagine some of the creative email addresses that will ensue.  Take a look at the new page and tell us some of your favorites.  Let us know what you think.  Here is a screen shot showing some of the new domain names you can choose:

Here’s how to get your own free personalized email address:

1) Go to http://domains.aol.com.

2) Click on one of the 30 popular domain names you want.  They’re all free.

3) Register for the email address just like you would for AOL’s free email.  Again, it only takes around a minute to get one.

That’s it!  To use your new email account, you log in just like before (http://mail.aol.com).  Just remember to enter your entire email address as the Screen Name, even the part after the @ sign.  Example: chattingchuck@luckymail.com as the screen name.  You can start sending and receiving email with your new personalized email address right away. 

Keep checking http://domains.aol.com to discover cool new email domains.  

Teya

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• #30 Comment from avidal88 
  5/16/08 11:26 AM | Permalink

  I created my own domain name with AOL My eAddress, but everytime I want to add a new user or invite one I keep getting sent back to the My eAddress Home Page with this message: "The service that you are trying to reach is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later."
  
  I'm not the only person this is happening to and this has been going on for a while now.
  
  Is there any solution to this?
  
  Please help.
• #29 Comment from chekalin@... 
  3/19/08 1:34 AM | Permalink

  Hi,
  i register my personalized email address in when.com domain zone.....but what are the settings for smtp access for Outlook, for example? You write in all comments that there is smtp access to a personalized e-mail, but i cannot figure out settings for when.com. Can you, please, tell me these settings for Outlook?
  Thank you.
  Alex.
• #28 Comment from patt@... 
  3/2/08 2:36 PM | Permalink

  I am also looking to for a way to get the actual domain from aol.  I have called every # I can find.  If anyone can advise PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!
• #27 Comment from email@... 
  1/20/08 2:22 PM | Permalink

  I am currently using the My eAddress service but now I realize that I would like to use the domain name as my personal website.  Once a domain name is registered with AOL My eAddress, are there plans to allow the registrant to purchase the domain name from AOL?  Please advise as I wish I thought of it prior to starting this great service.
  
  Thanks!
• #26 Comment from efourage 
  9/28/07 4:36 AM | Permalink

  Hi Tae,
  
  Unfortunately i have no friends in the States (i live in France)....
  Thank you for forwarding my request to be a french version beta tester !!
  
  regards,
  Eric