AOL is a really popular email service and is used in different corners of the world; the reason is its features and frequent updates. If you use an AOL account, you must be aware of all the perks it offers as well as the limitations. So here we will discuss one such error that has been encountered by most of the AOL users i.e. “The message was not sent because of an error”. If you are too facing this error while working with AOL, let’s begin with the journey to the troubleshooting lane.
If you are facing this error for the first time, you must wait for a while and then try to send the message again. Also, log out and log in to your AOL account and then try to send the email. If you are still facing issues while sending emails from your AOL account, proceed to the next solution.
If you are still facing the error, you need to ensure that you haven’t mistyped the credentials and your AOL account’s display name is also correct. Also, if you got your account hacked but got it recovered lately, make sure you are using the correct display name as this can also create issues while sending emails from your AOL account.
To check your AOL display name, here are the steps:
If the above steps didn’t help to resolve the issue while sending AOL emails, you can consider the additional troubleshooting steps listed here:
That was all about how you can fix the issue’ The message was not sent because of an error’ with your AOL email account and if you need any further help regarding AOL login issues, or about AOL Desktop Gold, you can consider reading the other blogs.