Yes, I'm not too keen on AOL. And I find it amusing that I could've been
using my Qwest email address all this time! But one of the reasons I posted
that last message was to complain about Getnet-Inficad. Anybody else been
having similar problems? I'm definitely going to look for a different ISP.
As far as Compuserve, I was with them years ago, before they were part of
the Internet. I don't know if AOL still owns them, but if they still do, I
wouldn't trust AOL not to hose them up. The alias idea is a good one, in
fact, I have my own URL, nakota-software.com. The only reason I was using
my real address for PLUG was that my email client (Netscape at the time)
insisted on putting it in the "sender" field; so if I didn't use the same
address to subscribe, PLUG flagged me as a non-member and forced all my
messages to be moderated.
Later,
Vaughn
----- Original Message -----
From: <
A123b456c@aol.com>
To: <
plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: Email wierdness
>
> Hi Vaughn,
>
> I can imagine that you would prefer to die rather than go with AOL. If so,
> you are right. I am with AOL and going to leave them soon mainly because
they
> spam their
> members and because I cannot connect to them from Linux.
>
> I would suggest you become a member of the IEEE and/or their Computer
Society.
> Then you get at least one alias and don't need to bother about changing
real
> addresses any more. You e-mail will follow you like your shadow.
>
> I think Compuserve should be a good idea. I contacted them and they said I
can
> connect from Linux although they don't officially support it.
>
> I am new to this list. I subscribed two days ago.
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Spyros.
>
>
>
> In a message dated 10/16/02 8:11:16 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> tv6@qwest.net writes:
>
> > Hello all:
> > Here's a wierd one for you Internet gurus. I've been having
strange
> > problems with me email. Let me give you the background...
> > I was formerly with Qwest DSL, using their ISP. Around the
beginning
> of
> > the year (I think), they said they were forcing everyone to MSN, so I
> signed
> > onto Getnet. At the time, I was also subscribed to PLUG. Since I too
busy
> > with my work to keep up with the PLUG traffic, I decided to unsubscribe
for
> > a while. But since I'd changed email addresses, I simply neglected to
> > resubscribe on the new address. I meant to unsubscribe from PLUG on my
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