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How to Add a Display Name to the From: Lines of Mail You Send from AIM Mail, AOL

By Heinz Tschabitscher, About.com

If somebody sees your AIM Mail or AOL Mail address (and only your email address), do they have a clear idea who you are?

Screen names and AIM Mail addresses and or AOL Mail addresses are scarce. Not every Tatiana Trschniewsky can have tatianatrschniewsky as her screen name.

All of them can have their name appear in the From: line of all emails they write, though — if they have added it to their AIM Mail or AOL Mail account.

Add a Display Name to the From: Lines of Mail You Send from AIM Mail or AOL Mail

To have AIM Mail or AOL Mail add your real name in the From: line when you send a message:

  • Follow the Settings link in AIM Mail or AOL Mail.
  • Go to the Compose category.
  • Enter your name (or whatever else you want to appear in the From: line) under Your Name.
  • Click Save.
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