I've been a member of America Online since 1994. I've thought about changing e-mail addresses many times over the years, but the hassle of having to tell so many people, many of whom I've lost track of, that I have a new e-mail address has stopped me. It's just the path of least resistance to stick with AOL.
Because of our spam filter at the Dallas Morning News, I've told people who really need to be able to get in touch with me to use my private AOL address. But lately, I've observed e-mails popping into my AOL box, then disappearing a second later. They don't end up in the AOL spam bucket, nor do they end up in "old mail," or in "recently deleted mail." They just disappear, and are never heard from again. I mentioned this to Julie today, and she said she'd been mystified recently by responses on a listserv to which she described; she'd never received the original posting, and couldn't figure out why.
We're going to ditch AOL, then. Any advice for a reliable substitute? We get our home Internet access from Time Warner cable, so we'll probably go with their service; we get it free with our subscription. But is it reliable? And how easy is it to check from outside the home? I need to be able to see my personal e-mail from anywhere.
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gmail, seconded
I won't bother jumping on the gmail bandwagon, but I will second the advice to get your own domain name, and use an address at that domain for your personal email. No matter what application or hosting provider you decide to use, you'll never have to change your email address again. You can even use gmail to read it if you like that interface.
Well first I would ask if you virus defs. are up to date, then also change your passwords to AOL. Good spam scan and hijack scan would be good. I'm not suggesting anything is corrupt on your 'puter, but just in case, it would make you feel great to accuse a liberal of hacking, just to hear them whine.
Gmail, gmail, gmail. Leaves everything else in the dust.
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