Why doesn’t AOL email work? Users reported “Mail is temporarily unavailable” errors during outage
AOL Mail is experiencing an outage, affecting thousands of users across the United States.
Lower detector report
According to DownDetector, reports of the problem started coming in around 6pm ET on Monday, with most users saying they saw the error message: “Your mail is temporarily unavailable. Please wait a moment and reload the page.” As of 6:30pm ET, the number of reported outages had climbed to more than 2,000.
Users from across the country shared similar experiences on DownDetector.
One user wrote, “AOL (CompuServe)’s website and Android app have been down for at least half an hour. Unable to load new email/view old email/send email. Connecticut.”
Another reported, “Sometimes I try to send an email but it says failed. I seem to be able to receive emails but I can’t always open them because they are in the afternoon. This seems to be intermittent.”
A third added, “Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. Not accessible. Mai is temporarily unavailable. On desktop but accessible via mobile app.”
Another wrote: “AOL says my mail is temporarily unavailable in Humboldt County, California.”
Another user reported: “‘Your mail is temporarily unavailable. Please wait a moment and reload the page.'” But for the last 20-30 minutes, this didn’t work. A blank page of the email should appear. Scottsdale, Arizona. “
AOL has not acknowledged the outage or issued a statement regarding the reported outage.
