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re: I'm surprised that people still have AOL.com email accounts

Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:41 pm to
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
298502 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:41 pm to
AOL kicked arse in the 90's. If it had kept up with the times,I'd still use it
Posted by Spankum
The Sip
Member since Jan 2007
62146 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:45 pm to
when my relatives shifted from dialup to high speed internet, they didn't want to change e-mail addresses...I set up their .aol account to use over high speed ISP and they still use it just fine.
Posted by Quidam65
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Member since Jun 2010
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Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:52 pm to
My Verizon email account now runs through AOL (though I have a Verizon.net address).
Posted by Jyrdis
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Posted on 3/21/16 at 9:58 pm to
I have an AOL email that is a remnant from 2000, but I can't remember the password. I still send activist organizations "strongly worded" emails from time to time with that email knowing full well I will never see their replies.
Posted by lsu480
Downtown Scottsdale
Member since Oct 2007
92903 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:03 pm to
If people want to have one whatever, although they are missing out on gmail which is way better, but the people who still actually pay for them are the real retards since they became free A LONG time ago. AOL still bills a couple million people $20 a month for them because the people don't know they can call and cancel the charge and get it free.
Posted by RLDSC FAN
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
Member since Nov 2008
60062 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:07 pm to
I have fond memories of AOL chat rooms thou
Posted by Charlie Arglist
Wichita, Kansas
Member since Nov 2012
5550 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 10:09 pm to
quote:

quote:
We always frick with him and ask him if he wants our free AOL CD's we got in the mail.



That's hilarious. I forgot about those CDs.


...then you will really be shocked to discover that they started out sending free FLOPPY DISK in the mail!!!
Posted by Captain Lafitte
Barataria Bay
Member since Nov 2012
6540 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:09 pm to
quote:

ree AOL CD's we got in the mail.
I used to receive their diskettes and formatted them to use at home and in college.
Posted by RogerTheShrubber
Juneau, AK
Member since Jan 2009
298502 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:12 pm to
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I have fond memories of AOL chat rooms thou


And the IM service. Wasn't anything for strangers to hit people up on messenger.
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
84629 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:13 pm to
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o. At least some remnants of the former greatness that is the 1998 Internet. excite.com

I used Alta Vista. Mostly Bc I liked the name.
Posted by Purple Spoon
Hoth
Member since Feb 2005
20857 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:13 pm to
I'm bout dat compuserve playa
Posted by Captain Lafitte
Barataria Bay
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Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:18 pm to
Usenet groups: alt.binaries.pictures.erotica
Posted by Captain Lafitte
Barataria Bay
Member since Nov 2012
6540 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:21 pm to
I tried compuserve and Prodigy in late '80s early '90s.
Posted by TheDeathValley
Louisiana
Member since Sep 2010
20601 posts
Posted on 3/21/16 at 11:26 pm to
I never had AOL but I had hotmail. For obvious reasons, I have a personal gmail (first.last@gmail.com) and my work email.
Posted by matthew25
Member since Jun 2012
9425 posts
Posted on 3/22/16 at 12:44 am to
Political campaigns pay lots of money to obtain AOL email addresses.

The old f____ don't have a problem opening up the checkbook.
Posted by Jet12
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/22/16 at 1:47 am to
My mom still uses the AOL client, and refuses to try anything else. It looks pretty much exactly the same as it did 15 years ago. It's like a time capsule.
Posted by Jet12
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Member since Nov 2010
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Posted on 3/22/16 at 1:49 am to
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I used Alta Vista. Mostly Bc I liked the name.

Babelfish was awesome. (Also a fun way to get around school firewalls... )
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
177245 posts
Posted on 3/22/16 at 2:04 am to
quote:

I'm surprised that people still have AOL.com email accounts

Nb4



Fuk
Posted by lsuoldft
Perdido Key, FL
Member since Jul 2014
274 posts
Posted on 3/22/16 at 4:12 am to
I have to confess I still use AOL mail. My children want me to use the gmail account I have but it works fine and I have had it for 20 years. Whenever I give it out to someone I just say yeah I am an old fart. Usually gets a good laugh which I know they are doing anyway
Posted by CorkSoaker
Member since Oct 2008
9823 posts
Posted on 3/22/16 at 6:09 am to
How do you send the email if you can't remember your password?
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