[Magdalen] AOL Mayhem.

[Jay Weigel]

I use AOHell to collect spam. Only that. Same with Yahoo any more.

On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 1:26 AM, ROGER STOKES <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com
> wrote:

> I gather another name for that service is AOHell and that they do not
> follow industry standards in some matters. They probably did a good job in
> getting America On Line but it seems they may have lost the plot somewhere
> along the way.
> Roger
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>     On Thursday, 26 October 2017, 2:50, Joseph Cirou <
> romanos at mindspring.com> wrote:
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> I subscribed to AOL when I first moved to Atlanta They changed me without
> requesting it back to Windows 3 from Windows 4. I left AOL never to return.
> I have other services, but I still subscribe to Earthlink as you can see by
> my email (mindspring.)
>
> Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> >From: cantor03--- via Magdalen <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> >Sent: Oct 25, 2017 1:26 PM
> >To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> >Cc: cantor03 at aol.com
> >Subject: [Magdalen] AOL Mayhem.
> >
> >
> >Suddenly in mid-afternoon yesterday, a screen popped up stating that AOL
> was no
> >longer supporting my version of AOL, and that to continue their service,
> I would need
> >to subscribe to their new version called AOL Gold.
> >
> >I started this process, and got hopelessly lost.
> >
> >I called over my computer savvy neighbor, and together we spend an hour
> getting through
> >the labyrinth of pitfalls AOL has designed for this process to succeed.
> The final unlockable
> >doorway was in the actual signing into AOL.  Every time this was tried,
> we were confronted
> >with the same basic "no longer service" screen.  We were lost in the
> loop.  We had jumpted
> >through all the rest of their loops.
> >
> >This necessitated a call to AOL which is being inundated with calls (wait
> time:  40 minutes).
> >The AOL lady seemed to know immediately what was wrong.  They had sent a
> new icon
> >for the service,  a gold circle with AOL over the top.  We were still
> using the old blue icon.
> >
> >This solved the problem but left unanswered why what should be simple is
> so difficult.
> >It's almost as though they don't want customers on AOL.
> >
> >Anyway, all is now right with the world.  I have my computer, files, etc.
> back where
> >they belong.
> >
> >
> >David S.
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