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Comment from Leo A. Notenboom on 2008-02-02

2008-02-02T19:20:46Z

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Yes, I would expect so. Your email is part of your AOL
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go.

Leo

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Comment from jesus r romo on 2008-01-25

2008-01-25T20:40:50Z

Hello, I was wondering now that I have DSL, If I remove my AOL account, does that mean I will lose my AOL email account?

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Comment from Catmoves on 2006-09-15

2006-09-15T16:47:29Z

Most of the problems with AOL (but not all) are simply from newbies who won't take the time to learn anything about the internet and the ISP they use. These are the same people who help the spammers and virus distributirs. I have used AOL for years and have not the had problems I read about with email. Rule 1: Do NOT create an "approved" list of senders of email. If you do, AOL will treat all of those you miss as spam. Rule 2: Be careful which button you press on the email listing page. If you mark as email as "spam" the server will treat all emails from that address as spam. It learns as you use it. Rule 3: Go to "Mail" on the top of your tool bar and click on it. About half way down you will find a heading "Spam folder". Click on that and anything marked spam will appear. At the bottom of that page page are two buttons, one for "delete" another for "This is not spam." Here is where you can make the decision about good and bad email. Remember, what you do here will also teach the spam protector what you consider spam.

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Comment from Dennis K R. on 2006-09-06

2006-09-07T00:57:48Z

How do I move AOL address book to Bellsouth Web mail and or Outlook Express? I was told you can keep your AOL e-mail name and still use some of the perks of AOL after closing the account out with them. Is this true? Thanks you Dennis

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Comment from Angela Selden on 2006-08-29

2006-08-29T15:05:45Z

I have been trying for weeks to get a guest sign-on OFF my account with AOL. I have called and told them no one should be able to sign-on my computer. If this continues then I will have to leave AOL!

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Comment from Dennis on 2006-06-20

2006-06-20T17:26:46Z

Hey, want some help leaving AOL - need a way to export your address book. Check out http://spanogle.net/actocdf Payment is optional for first release.

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Comment from Bonnie on 2006-03-20

2006-03-21T02:14:46Z

leo hello im so sorry 2 ask a question that might not have any thing to do with this.But i have just cannceled aol bought a new computer and decided 2 go with high speed no more dial up 4 me but i agree i did like them it was a simply screen easy 2 understand.If u could help me with this i would b so grateful.Now i understand i have no pertection on my computer.I have a cousin who also uses this computer and i just by accident well she didnt sigh off and when i singed on i noticed she had more than 800 emails on her account i was just wondering if that will in any way b bad for the computer agan sorry for the bother all the best b well Bonnie

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Comment from Lou on 2006-02-23

2006-02-23T21:54:54Z

I'm just having difficulty with some of our customers that have switched to us but still want their AOL account so they can make the changes necessary (copy over all addresses, favorites). It (AOL) just doesn't like another ISP's info on the machine at the same time. I've setup their account info in IE but it always defaults back to AOL for the connection. God how I hate AOL. I myself haven't had their service for atleast 6 years.

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Comment from Leo on 2006-02-21

2006-02-21T18:39:21Z

Steve: unfortunately that doesn't completely work. AOL is also blocking some senders system-wide regardless of your spam settings. There are also other spam control measures that you have no control over that is also causing many mailers grief.

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Comment from elly on 2006-02-21

2006-02-21T18:14:23Z

how do i get out of aol? there is no place on the homepage that leads me to any site to get out of it? now that is have dsl and a wonderful new apple i just don't need it any more.

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Comment from Steve on 2006-02-21

2006-02-21T16:42:30Z

Before thinking about leaving AOL, you might want to try something simple--like turning off AOL's spam filter entirely! That's what I did, and I've had no problems. Sure, every day I get a handful of spam emails. However, they are almost always obviously recognizable from the message line, and so I can delete them instantly. In the "old days," I used to get tons of spam via AOL, but they have apparently tightened up the system on their end somehow, so a lot of the junk I used to get, I don't anymore. I've been an AOL customer for many years, originally via dialup, now via DSL, and I'm quite content. So, my advice is to try turning off the spam filter for a day or two and see what happens. If you get a half dozen emails a day that require 5 seconds to delete, so be it. Not a big deal. On the other hand, if for some reason, you get 100 a day, then you might want to explore other alternatives.

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Comment from bruce heffner on 2006-02-18

2006-02-19T05:15:47Z

Have used AOL "free" for several months and
now use their "free" AIM service. This change
was made only when I went to "DSL". No complaints except their veiw box for mail
is narrow and a add is always at the bottom.
They do block alot of spam compared to my
Hotmail account which always has alot of
junkmail! I also enjoy their "Explorer"
version which checks for spyware and has tabbed browsing.

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Comment from WILLIAMS ROSINA on 2006-02-18

2006-02-18T19:24:34Z

I Rosina want to leave AOL.SIGN ME OUT AOL.

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Comment from Julie Totsch on 2006-02-13

2006-02-13T21:50:41Z

I left AOL a long time ago. It took them forever to begin spam filtering and scanning for viruses. It only took once before I decided I needed a change. I moved over to Roadrunner and even though I believe they could charge a little less, I'm happy with the service

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Comment from Chris Barnes on 2006-02-13

2006-02-13T16:28:35Z

The number #1 reason people are hesitant to leave AOL is that they don't want to change their email address. Believe me, I understand (having just moved into a new house after 19 years and having to change *everything*). Yes, it's painful, but it is worth it in the long run.

But there are a couple of things you can do to make the tranisition a little less painful. First, if you signup for Gmail account, use the same userid as your screenname (or as close to it as you can).

Secondly, you might want to think about getting your own domain name - using a registrar that has free email forwarding. This is DIRT CHEAP (mine costs $8 per year) and means I now have an email address which I can truly use for the rest of my life. If I change ISP's, I simply change where the email forwards to.

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Comment from tomden on 2006-02-12

2006-02-13T03:41:55Z

I can't say for sure what this person should do about AOL, but I can tell you I had to leave it about a year and a half ago. I was new to the computer business and I think I tried everything that AOL suggested as far as email, spyware, security, you name-it. I tried it. Along with AOL and me I guess I really got my machine in a total mess. I had to take my computer in to an expert and they re-installed Windows XP for me.
And then I went with Comcast who I had my cable TV with so the bill is all on one statement and all has been hunky-dorey since.
All I know that worked out for me, getting rid of AOL.
tomden

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