Comments on: %#$& you, AOL http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:52:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: nr http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-1000108 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:13:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-1000108 Yes, you can cancel it and keep the email address. Yes, you can cancel it and keep the email address.

]]> by: nr http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-1000109 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:13:12 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-1000109 Yes, you can cancel it and keep the email address. Yes, you can cancel it and keep the email address.

]]> by: i'm still paying 25.00 a month for aol http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-774930 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:21:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-774930 can't i cancel it and still keep the email address? i feel like an idiot..i only log onto it to check email. but i've had aol forever... can’t i cancel it and still keep the email address? i feel like an idiot..i only log onto it to check email. but i’ve had aol forever…

]]> by: William Gatevackes http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-741542 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:45:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-741542 Yikes. I though MSN was bad. Yikes. I though MSN was bad.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-739725 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:03:22 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-739725 I keep the free email account because it's free, I've had it since 1995, and they do an excellent job of filtering spam and viruses. I keep my Yahoo address because AOL didn't save messages longer than a month, and i file stuff there for future use. Most of my email use is via an internet browser, so I don't use AIM or Messenger or any other program. I keep things simple. AOL was rather helpful when i changed from paying to the free status. AOL's internet mailbox does allow you to go with the modern version, or switch to the classic. I've got some old 3.0 floppies lying around, but you would need to find a disc drive for your MAC and run it on Classic. ah...the good old days when you had to dialup at 14k, pay by the minute, and download your mailbox for working offline! now i do all that faster on my cellphone. I keep the free email account because it’s free, I’ve had it since 1995, and they do an excellent job of filtering spam and viruses. I keep my Yahoo address because AOL didn’t save messages longer than a month, and i file stuff there for future use.
Most of my email use is via an internet browser, so I don’t use AIM or Messenger or any other program. I keep things simple. AOL was rather helpful when i changed from paying to the free status.
AOL’s internet mailbox does allow you to go with the modern version, or switch to the classic. I’ve got some old 3.0 floppies lying around, but you would need to find a disc drive for your MAC and run it on Classic.
ah…the good old days when you had to dialup at 14k, pay by the minute, and download your mailbox for working offline! now i do all that faster on my cellphone.

]]> by: Alan Coil http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-739115 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:50:14 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-739115 The Beat said: "The real question is how on earth does Warren Ellis manage HIS account!" ===== It's magic; he doesn't have to explain it. -----=====----- This explains why I never got a Thanksgiving, Christmas, or birthday greetings from you. Or Independence Day, or Memorial Day, or Easter, and worst of all Valentine's Day. I am heartbroken. Especially about the Valentine's Day greetings. They used to mean so much to me. I guess this means our imaginary relationship is over. {{sob}} {{choke}} The Beat said:
“The real question is how on earth does Warren Ellis manage HIS account!”
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It’s magic; he doesn’t have to explain it.
—–=====—–
This explains why I never got a Thanksgiving, Christmas, or birthday greetings from you. Or Independence Day, or Memorial Day, or Easter, and worst of all Valentine’s Day. I am heartbroken. Especially about the Valentine’s Day greetings. They used to mean so much to me. I guess this means our imaginary relationship is over. {{sob}} {{choke}}

]]> by: Marah Marie http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738907 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:42:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738907 Your last few lines gave me a laugh. Seems I never go a week without another AOL horror story - either in my inbox or seen online. If you want to cancel AOL there's pages on my blog (yes, pages) that explain how. AOL Communicator is one product I never got into at all, not even to test it. I might have to download it now (do they make it for Windows?) just to see how much it sucks. Did you get any replies to your belated emails? Amazing - even snail mail gets to people about 54 days faster. Your last few lines gave me a laugh. Seems I never go a week without another AOL horror story - either in my inbox or seen online. If you want to cancel AOL there’s pages on my blog (yes, pages) that explain how.

AOL Communicator is one product I never got into at all, not even to test it. I might have to download it now (do they make it for Windows?) just to see how much it sucks.

Did you get any replies to your belated emails? Amazing - even snail mail gets to people about 54 days faster.

]]> by: V. Smith http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738688 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:40:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738688 I don't use AOL anymore. I do still have a mail account with them, because, well it's free. You can hook up your Gmail to take messages from AOL and put them in your Gmail inbox. You can also make it possible to write e-mail as if it was coming from your AOL account on your gmail account. I have everything but yahoo and Hotmail connected in my one Gmail account. Yahoo wants you to pay for pop3 and Hotmail doesn't even work with Gmail, as far as I know. I don’t use AOL anymore. I do still have a mail account with them, because, well it’s free.

You can hook up your Gmail to take messages from AOL and put them in your Gmail inbox. You can also make it possible to write e-mail as if it was coming from your AOL account on your gmail account. I have everything but yahoo and Hotmail connected in my one Gmail account.

Yahoo wants you to pay for pop3 and Hotmail doesn’t even work with Gmail, as far as I know.

]]> by: Alistair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738669 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:37:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738669 When I had AOL her in Brazil...many, many years ago. I threatened them with a lawsuit. They cancelled my subscription within seconds. When I had AOL her in Brazil…many, many years ago. I threatened them with a lawsuit. They cancelled my subscription within seconds.

]]> by: groonk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738560 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:07:18 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738560 i believe the Internet Jesus breathes life into any leprous technology with a healthy dose of whiskey and curses. i'd be mad as snakes about that crap AOL pulled, too. i can't imagine that huge a backlog of emails left unsent in my folder. insane. i believe the Internet Jesus breathes life into any leprous technology with a healthy dose of whiskey and curses.

i’d be mad as snakes about that crap AOL pulled, too. i can’t imagine that huge a backlog of emails left unsent in my folder.

insane.

]]> by: James Urbaniak http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738553 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:05:00 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738553 File's done! File’s done!

]]> by: Randy Reynaldo http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738252 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:27:07 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738252 Here's a story I enjoy telling about how I shed AOL. I had an AOL account many years ago, one of those free 6-month trial periods (I eventually went with another cheaper ISP). Everytime I tried to cancel (by phone only of course), they would talk me into extending another free 3 or 6 months. Of course, they made it less of a hassle to extend than to try to cancel--they were trying to keep their subscriber numbers up, even those who weren't actually paying. Anyway, the third time I needed to call before the period expired (at which time I would be charged), I came up with a plan that would prevent them from trying to talk me out of canceling: I simply told them that I got rid of my computer. The service rep (who usually are monitored by their supervisors and are required to fight to keep customers) read between the lines and said sarcastically, "Oh, so you upped and threw your computer away?" I simply replied, "Yes," and they promptly canceled my account. I had AOL for a year without ever paying before I finally could cancel it. Here’s a story I enjoy telling about how I shed AOL. I had an AOL account many years ago, one of those free 6-month trial periods (I eventually went with another cheaper ISP). Everytime I tried to cancel (by phone only of course), they would talk me into extending another free 3 or 6 months. Of course, they made it less of a hassle to extend than to try to cancel–they were trying to keep their subscriber numbers up, even those who weren’t actually paying. Anyway, the third time I needed to call before the period expired (at which time I would be charged), I came up with a plan that would prevent them from trying to talk me out of canceling: I simply told them that I got rid of my computer. The service rep (who usually are monitored by their supervisors and are required to fight to keep customers) read between the lines and said sarcastically, “Oh, so you upped and threw your computer away?” I simply replied, “Yes,” and they promptly canceled my account. I had AOL for a year without ever paying before I finally could cancel it.

]]> by: christopher http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738222 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:20:21 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738222 As one of the millions employed by Time Warner, I'll let you know that we've been ignoring this portion of the company since we dropped the AOL from AOL-TW. I don't know how many/what they do down in Virginia, but we don't really care anymore. It was a big sigh of relief when the CEOs who made the crappy deal flew the coop. Can I suggest setting you up with RoadRunner? As one of the millions employed by Time Warner, I’ll let you know that we’ve been ignoring this portion of the company since we dropped the AOL from AOL-TW. I don’t know how many/what they do down in Virginia, but we don’t really care anymore. It was a big sigh of relief when the CEOs who made the crappy deal flew the coop. Can I suggest setting you up with RoadRunner?

]]> by: christopher http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738221 Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:20:15 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-738221 As one of the millions employed by Time Warner, I'll let you know that we've been ignoring this portion of the company since we dropped the AOL from AOL-TW. I don't know how many/what they do down in Virginia, but we don't really care anymore. It was a big sigh of relief when the CEOs who made the crappy deal flew the coop. Can I suggest setting you up with RoadRunner? As one of the millions employed by Time Warner, I’ll let you know that we’ve been ignoring this portion of the company since we dropped the AOL from AOL-TW. I don’t know how many/what they do down in Virginia, but we don’t really care anymore. It was a big sigh of relief when the CEOs who made the crappy deal flew the coop. Can I suggest setting you up with RoadRunner?

]]> by: michael http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737940 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:59:30 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737940 Like others, I dropped my AOL account a long time ago. Especially since, A. they charged you for it's use and B. it's 'associated' with the government. Basically, everything you do through AOL can be found out by the gov, without your approval. AOL is more than happy to hand over your personal info to whoever wants it in the gov't. I worked for the gov't and I didn't feel safe with AOL. Like others, I dropped my AOL account a long time ago. Especially since, A. they charged you for it’s use and B. it’s ‘associated’ with the government. Basically, everything you do through AOL can be found out by the gov, without your approval. AOL is more than happy to hand over your personal info to whoever wants it in the gov’t.

I worked for the gov’t and I didn’t feel safe with AOL.

]]> by: Mark Coale http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737917 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:51:43 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737917 Like Heidi, I have had my AOL email accounts for over 15 years, so I am loathe to get rid of them, even if I only use them now for signing up for mailing lists and filling out required forms on blogging sites. Like Heidi, I have had my AOL email accounts for over 15 years, so I am loathe to get rid of them, even if I only use them now for signing up for mailing lists and filling out required forms on blogging sites.

]]> by: dan cooney http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737908 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:38:27 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737908 AOL is still around? Damn, I dropped they're happy ass back in '97 AOL is still around? Damn, I dropped they’re happy ass back in ‘97

]]> by: Trish M. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737794 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:21:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737794 Found this: Three ways to cancel your AOL account in three minutes http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/3-ways-to-cancel-aol-account-under-3-minutes/ I cancelled mine years ago and had to get really rude with the phone rep - I was practically yelling at this woman in India to stop wasting my time and cancel the #%^&!* account. She did. Found this:
Three ways to cancel your AOL account in three minutes

http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/3-ways-to-cancel-aol-account-under-3-minutes/

I cancelled mine years ago and had to get really rude with the phone rep - I was practically yelling at this woman in India to stop wasting my time and cancel the #%^&!* account. She did.

]]> by: Trish M. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737787 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:15:11 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737787 You better tell me where to email you now, because I only have your AOL address! You better tell me where to email you now, because I only have your AOL address!

]]> by: Chuck Moore http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737758 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 21:05:29 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/01/23/you-aol/#comment-737758 That explains a lot. I've e-mailed twice since Thanksgiving and never heard back. Wait, I was e-mailing your gmail account. Uh oh.... That explains a lot. I’ve e-mailed twice since Thanksgiving and never heard back. Wait, I was e-mailing your gmail account. Uh oh….

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