Am 10. Jan, 2005 schwätzte Carl Parrish so:
> My Aunt saw RevolutionOS on the BBC and now she wants me to convert her
> laptop to Linux (kewl). But she's paid for AOL a year in advanced, so
> now I'm looking to find out if you can use AOL as your ISP on Linux. She
> doesn't need to have all the client stuff she just wants to be able to
> get her email, use aim (gaim), and access the internet. She's prepared
> to move to another ISP as long as they have international phone numbers
> (anyone one know of one?). Any thoughts?
penggy - Allows you to connect to AOL via modem or TCP/IP
Description: Allows you to connect to AOL via modem or TCP/IP
The project aims to be a full AOL client including all known
access methods like DSL, cable, TCP/IP or modem (with the
modem-emulation of linux via /dev/ttyI* ISDN, too).
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Currently, only TCP/IP and modem is supported.
I thought there was a screen-scraper for AOL mail as well, but don't see
it.
Also, ask her to contact AOL customer support, as a customer, asking for
Linux support and asking why they aren't using their own Netscape[1] browser
rather than exploder. When she does cancel, ask her to mention that it's
explicitly because AOL doesn't support connecting with a Linux box.
AOL thinks its customers don't want Linux support, so doesn't offer it.
I'm told, however, that AOL has had it's software working on Linux for
years and continues to maintain it.
[1] Yeah, yeah, one presumes you've had her on Mozilla or Firefox for some
time anyway ;-).
ciao,
der.hans
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# https://www.LuftHans.com/ http://www.AZOTO.org/
# A Polish friend of mine got an offer for a free account from AOL. The
# login ID was "HELLO" and the passwd "CYMBAL". She says "cymbal" is like
# a Polish word for "sucker". 'Hello sucker', a greeting from AOHell :).
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