[Magdalen] AOL

[Roger Stokes]

On 02/12/2014 20:28, Brian Reid wrote:
> When I moved the Magdalen list to a new server to get around the "AOL 
> and Yahoo problem", I made various disparaging remarks about AOL. 
> Since I knew I was right, I ignored the various squeals from people 
> who like AOL and who thought I was being overly emotional or overly 
> reactive.
>
>> From time to time a message like what I've excerpted below lands in 
>> my mailbox, in my role as server owner. Sometimes, in its infinite 
>> and paternal wisdom, AOL decides just not to accept delivery of a 
>> message. This means that AOL subscribers don't see it, and don't get 
>> any direct notification from AOL that some message to them has been 
>> censored. I
>
> Life goes on. Magdalen has 6 subscribers who use AOL. I guess they are 
> happy.

On a UK list not hosted in the US there is one person who seems to be 
irrevocably wedded to AOL.  He now has a gmail account, but accesses it 
through AOL.  Some people seem unwilling to accept the wisdom of using a 
common protocol and language for ready communication.

Roger