How do you turn off the "you got mail" announcement?

The easiest way is to turn off your speakers, turn down the volume, or use headphones.

If you use AOL 9.1 or earlier on Windows, open the Windows Sounds control panel and disable the sound for the "you've got mail" event.

If you use AOL Desktop then you're stuck with the first options as there is no other way to change the sounds.

If you use webmail (http://webmail.aol.com), go to "settings" and under "General" / "New Mail" and uncheck "

I want to stop all the advertising going on while I am reading my emails.  Sometimes there are two at a time, one in back side and one on the bottom, this is very distracting and I want it stopped on all both of our email accoounts. 

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If you are using AOL webmail at http://webmail.aol.com , go to "Settings"(upper right hand corner) and under "General"->"New Mail" go ahead and uncheck "Play a sound when new mail arrives".

That seems to apply to the short sound that alerts you if new mail arrives after you are already signed on.  The complaint is the "You've Got Mail"  (male voice) when you initially sign on, and the "Goodbye"  (male voice) when you sign off.  I would LOVE to be able to disable those.    Also, does anyone know why AOL Desktop (Mac) will not allow us to SAVE an email to our desktop or to a folder?   I have to sign on to an OLD,OLD,OLD version of AOL in order to SAVE mail.  Thanks.

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