|
How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
#285018 - 05/05/12 09:00 AM
|
|
|
I just updated my AOL Desktop 9.6 to AOL Desktop 9.7. Prior, my default email was set to AOL Desktop 9.6 and everything was fine. After updating to version 9.7, my default email is not working or being recognized.
I went to Internet Explorer's Internet Options > Programs > and the Email is set to AOL Desktop 9.7.
But for some reason, it's not working. When I try to utlilize the default email feature such as clicking on a "Send As Email" link... instead of the AOL program opening with it's mail... I get a error message saying:
"Either there is no default mail client or the current mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request."
Also, if I click on the control panel's "Set Program Access and Defaults" > Custom > AOL is not listed as an option under "Choose a default e-mail program:". The only option is "Outlook Express".
Also, if I right click on the Windows Start Menu button and click Properties > Start Menu tab > Customize... > Show on Start Menu > "Email" is checked and "AOL" is selected. But when I click on the Windows Start Menu button and I click on the "AOL Email" at the top of the Start Menu, I get an error message saying:
"Access is Denied"
and then another message saying:
"The item you selected is unavailable. It might have been moved, renamed, or removed. Do you want to remove it from the list?"
Clicking on the "AOL Mail" at the top of the Start Menu is supposed to open the AOL program and it's mail. But instead I get those error messages.
I've detailed my problem very thoroughly and explained it as much as possible. I really hope someone will know how to get AOL working as my default email?
(My computer is Windows XP 32-bit)
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285057 - 05/05/12 07:31 PM
|
|
|
Quote:
I just updated my AOL Desktop 9.6 to AOL Desktop 9.7. Prior, my default email was set to AOL Desktop 9.6 and everything was fine. After updating to version 9.7, my default email is not working or being recognized.
I went to Internet Explorer's Internet Options > Programs > and the Email is set to AOL Desktop 9.7.
I only have one desktop: The desktop provided by XP's GUI. Why AOL thinks it needs to add that added bureaucracy on top of MS-Bureaucracy and between that and your Internet tools sounds like an effort in futility and inefficiency.
I can't help you other than to provide the helpful advice to just axe AOL Desktop and learn to live without it. I admit to being openly hostile against AOL due to its sordid history and its inferior products. I am biased in that regard. So sue me.
A sidenote: I feel for Nullsoft. Great programming and tools that have been immune to the AOL "virus". But I guess Frankel has to make a buck somehow. At least Nullsoft didn't sell out its integrity and ethics along the way.
BTW, Seamonkey is my fave suite for hard-core Internet geekery. :-)
--Bekki
|
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
|
|
| Foxhack |
|
Furry guy
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/30/04
|
|
Posts: 2409
|
|
Loc: Spicy Canada
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285058 - 05/05/12 07:43 PM
|
|
|
> I can't help you other than to provide the helpful advice to just axe AOL Desktop and
> learn to live without it. I admit to being openly hostile against AOL due to its
> sordid history and its inferior products. I am biased in that regard. So sue me.
I imagine years and years of emails are stored in that program so he might not have that option.
Wish I could help.
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: Foxhack]
#285060 - 05/05/12 07:57 PM
|
|
|
Quote:
I imagine years and years of emails are stored in that program so he might not have that option.
And, even worse, the code isn't open so that a conversion program to at least convert the mail data to an exportable and readable format for conversion into a different client is out of the question.
That's the problem with closed-source formats and closed-source software in general: They hold your data hostage. :-(
--Bekki
|
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285061 - 05/05/12 08:02 PM
|
|
|
> Email" at the top of the Start Menu, I get an error message saying:
>
> "Access is Denied"
This may be worth looking at. Typically it means either a permission problem or the file is just no longer there. I would right click on the short cut and see where the executable is. The see if in that directory the mail program is still there.
>
> and then another message saying:
>
> "The item you selected is unavailable. It might have been moved, renamed, or removed.
> Do you want to remove it from the list?"
This could just be because it could not launch it. So it will try to remove the icon short cut.
>
> Clicking on the "AOL Mail" at the top of the Start Menu is supposed to open the AOL
> program and it's mail. But instead I get those error messages.
>
> I've detailed my problem very thoroughly and explained it as much as possible. I
> really hope someone will know how to get AOL working as my default email?
>
> (My computer is Windows XP 32-bit)
If it is really boned up you may just need to find where it keeps its local email files and back those up. Then uninstall and reinstall the application. It is really acting like it is not even installed.
I may suggest something like thunderbird or one of the many email programs out there. Depending on how you set the aol email program up it may have just kept all of your email on the AOL server (dont know never used the AOL one). The reason I suggest that who knows how much longer AOL will be around. And like I said depending on how you set it up they may still have all your email and you want to get a local copy.
Unless you are using them to get online I suggest saving yourself some money and moving to a different (i.e. free) service. My dad for years paid MSN the same fee until I set him up with some free stuff (saved him 10-15 a month). Its probably a fine email program (prob a variation of the old netscape one).
|
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: lharms]
#285077 - 05/05/12 11:05 PM
|
|
|
I use AOL exclusively for e-mail. I like it's email service and UI more than any other email service. Whether it's because I'm just used to it after using it for all these years, I don't know. But it's what I like. I don't pay for AOL nor AOL email. It's free.
Hopefully someone will beable to help me.
|
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285085 - 05/06/12 12:41 AM
|
|
|
> I imagine years and years of emails are stored in that program so he might not have
> that option.
That's not true. You just have to pay for it. Only $25 bucks, too. Of course, that was more than I wanted to pay....
I loved the AOL desktop-like ui (started it with my first PC in '02, and was top dog until about two years ago), in that I could write mail in different windows simultaneously, I could use an email for a scratch pad and just save it in 'to be sent', it easily embedded images with simple CnP.
But the portability and all (as you mentioned), plus the CPU overhead, not to mention the looming possibility of program obsolescence, convinced me to fuckin bushwack it and just go Gmail. I've gotten used to it, and I just use Wordpad and Paint for writings and image fucking-with.
(I don't want news, and that's what I love about Gmail - NO NEWS BULLSHIT!)
|
Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.
The Culture
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285086 - 05/06/12 12:45 AM
|
|
|
> I use AOL exclusively for e-mail. I like it's email service and UI more than any
> other email service. Whether it's because I'm just used to it after using it for all
> these years, I don't know. But it's what I like. I don't pay for AOL nor AOL email.
> It's free.
>
> Hopefully someone will beable to help me.
You might read my post below.
|
Consider it high comedy....sincere tragedy....whatever...don't take it personally.
The Culture
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285087 - 05/06/12 12:59 AM
|
|
|
ok thats fine. I personally would not trust AOL at this point to be around in 2-3 years.
Did you try look at the icon link you say you normally use to launch your email? (right click on the shortcut, properties, find target) What did it say? Was the program in the destination location? Windows is telling you it can not find/access the program. You need to look in the location the shortcut is saying and see if it is there. If is not there you may need to reinstall the program. If it is not there you will not be able to register it as the default program like you were trying to do. You said you upgraded from one version to another it sounds like the upgrade didnt work correctly?
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: mogli]
#285096 - 05/06/12 02:07 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
I loved the AOL desktop-like ui (started it with my first PC in '02, and was top dog until about two years ago), in that I could write mail in different windows simultaneously, I could use an email for a scratch pad and just save it in 'to be sent', it easily embedded images with simple CnP.
I can do multiple E-mail editing via Seamonkey's mail (equivalent to Mozilla Thunderbird). Since Seamonkey shares the same extension-based framework of other Mozilla products I have linked the E-mail with PGP/GnuPG via Enigmail.
Though I haven't given my E-mail address and public key here it wouldn't be hard for me to do so to establish a secure conduit for sensitive info. But you have to have PGP/GnuPG and know how to use it as well. Ain't hard to do. ;-)
Quote:
But the portability and all (as you mentioned), plus the CPU overhead, not to mention the looming possibility of program obsolescence, convinced me to fuckin bushwack it and just go Gmail.
What gets me is that such an interface is redundant. All the AOLer needs to do is learn how their own dang computer worked! And given that I have dealt with AOLers for a very long time since the early '90s it is a given that the majority aren't even going to bother to do such a necessary thing. It's as if they're incapable of learning anything: An allergy to self-education.
Well, other than how to transfer child porn. But I can easily look at their collar and be prepared for the worst if I have to service someone's computer. I usually politely decline after I get a glimpse of the output of DIR or their E-mail/chat log. An hour later I let law enforcement know.
True story, BTW. ;-)
Quote:
(I don't want news, and that's what I love about Gmail - NO NEWS BULLSHIT!)
That's what I like about Seamonkey with a free SMTP service such as Lavabit. :-)
--Bekki
|
Combating functional illiteracy with latex-clad drama since the '80s, because old video games rule!
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: lharms]
#285104 - 05/06/12 02:51 AM
|
|
|
My update from version 9.6 to 9.7 was successful.
Right clicking on the "AOL E-mail" at the top of the "Start Menu" brings up only these three options:
Read e-mail
Internet Properties
Remove from This List
It's not a normal shortcut link from the Start Menu. With all the normal shortcut links from the Start Menu, you can right click > Properties > Find Target. But the "AOL Mail" shortcut link is unique in that the shortcut is created by going to the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties" > Start Menu tab > Click Customize > And the bottom group that says "Show on Start Menu" there is a "Internet" checkbox and a "E-Mail" checkbox. To the right of both of them is a drop down list where you can choose what Internet and E-Mail program you want to have a shortcut at the top of the "Start Menu". So, like I said, it's not a normal shortcut from the Start Menu.
Anyways, thanks for everyone's attempt to help but I had to wind up uninstalling AOL Desktop 9.7 and then installing it again. During the installation setup, there is an option that you can click to have "Mail open in AOL program". I originally never clicked it when I first installed it. So I had a feeling it would work if I unintalled it and then installed it again and then clicked the option "Mail opens in AOL program". And thankfully it worked.
|
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285106 - 05/06/12 03:01 AM
|
|
|
What I feel bad for are AOL members who still pay for it's service. So many of them don't realize or know that AOL membership and service is now free and has been free for the last few years. But I constantly read posts from AOL members thinking thinking that they have to pay a subscription to use AOL. They don't know that only premium members must pay. And with premium membership, they only have a few extra benefits such as free McAfee Antivirus subcription and free AOL Help from AOL employees. So it's not worth paying to be a premium member because there are many free antivirus/spyware programs available on the internet.
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285112 - 05/06/12 03:45 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
So it's not worth paying to be a premium member because there are many free antivirus/spyware programs available on the internet.
There are also better services out there as opposed to America Online.
For example, if you're looking for free web-based E-mail with an ad-free 1GB chunk of personal web space then you can't go wrong with Xmail.
I do recommend that if you do want to play with that web space it's recommended to .ZIP up your local copy of your web site, upload it via the web to the webspace there and have Xmail decompress it. Delete the uploaded .ZIP file from the server and bingo! Instant web site transfer! ;-)
Besides, Yahoo! is stinky ass too.
--Bekki
|
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285115 - 05/06/12 03:53 AM
|
|
|
>I originally never
> clicked it when I first installed it. So I had a feeling it would work if I
> unintalled it and then installed it again and then clicked the option "Mail opens in
> AOL program". And thankfully it worked.
Well shit, Hoss, you shoulda done that there before ya came here an hollered.
|
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285116 - 05/06/12 03:59 AM
|
|
|
@Oldschoolgamer: it depends on their age. I doubt anyone under 30 thinks you need AOL, or that McAfee is any good.
For that matter, AOL is getting so skanky it reeks of The National Enquirer. (I do have an AOL account I rarely visit, and have noticed how seedy AOL news is getting. EW.)
@Bekki: Dude, I've thought Yahoo was a bunch of fuckin yahoos since the mid 90s.
A lot of what you're talking about is cool - except that it's what should've been available in the late 90s. Nowadays, it should be fucking automatic, such that you would about only have ta think it and it would happen. Capitalism: keeping shit convoluted for your amusement.
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: mogli]
#285120 - 05/06/12 04:22 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
@Bekki: Dude, I've thought Yahoo was a bunch of fuckin yahoos since the mid 90s.
It was good only when they actually had an actual categorized web directory that they maintained. I haven't been back there since early 2009 so I can only guess how much worse it has become.
I did try their crappy GeoCities service: Too many intrusive ads.
Quote:
A lot of what you're talking about is cool - except that it's what should've been available in the late 90s. Nowadays, it should be fucking automatic, such that you would about only have ta think it and it would happen. Capitalism: keeping shit convoluted for your amusement.
The really cool tools that I've mentioned (SeaMonkey, LavaBit, Xmail, GnuPG, for example) wouldn't be known unless someone gave 'em a shoutout.
Someone such as me. ;-)
Sure, you could browse Wikipedia and learn about cool tools such as these. However not all of them will be mentioned. So I make it my business to get the word out about tools I personally use and find to be excellent for daily use.
Who knows? Someone out there may be looking for a better provider or a better tool to use. These are free to use so it doesn't hurt to give them a try. :-)
BTW, too bad that I can't attach a copy of Norton Editor due to the damn DMCA. Y'all will have to look elsewhere...but beware of the sources out there. ;-)
--Bekki
|
|
|
|
|
"Let's see what they look like now-a-days..."
Oh, the URL it wants to take you to is moviefone.com... 
[ATTACHED IMAGE]
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: America Online bites. HARD!!!
[Re: mogli]
#285127 - 05/06/12 05:25 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
...AOL is getting so skanky...
I've got news for ya: It always was skanky. If you don't know what Eternal September is then look it up and thank America Online for that in yer own special way. One form of gratitude would be sharing a beer with Steve Case at his grave...thirty minutes after drinking it.
It's what happens after you bundle those bisks with Happy Meals. And who here has never received an America Online bisk?
--Bekki
|
|
|
italie |
|
MAME owes italie many thank yous, hah
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 09/20/03
|
|
Posts: 15245
|
|
Loc: BoomTown
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Thought to myself, "AOL is still kicking?"
[Re: aavada]
#285128 - 05/06/12 05:27 AM
|
|
|
> "Let's see what they look like now-a-days..."
>
> Oh, the URL it wants to take you to is moviefone.com...
Hmmm...I'll have to ask jeeves what that is all about...
|
|
|
| Andrew |
|
Girl Watcher
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 09/21/03
|
|
Posts: 5082
|
|
Loc: Boston, Mass.
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Thought to myself, "AOL is still kicking?"
[Re: aavada]
#285130 - 05/06/12 05:32 AM
|
|
|
I still use it for chat and occasionally get sucked into clicking one of the "news" items. 
|
|
|
|
Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
[Re: mogli]
#285132 - 05/06/12 06:13 AM
|
|
|
AOL news is powered by the Huffington Post. The Huffington Post is one of the leading online news. But I don't like when they post news stories that advertises stuff like T.V. Shows or other stuff. They post those news stories to try to get the reader interested in that particular T.V. Show.
Example: "You won't believe what happens next to this guy!" And you click the link and it's a segment from a T.V. reality show. They want the reader to be like, oh wow, I should watch that show next time it's on. That's not news, that's advertising. And that is one of the things that pisses me off with that kind of news from The Huffington Post.
Yeah, I know how much AOL has gone downhill. But I still like it because that's how I started on the internet. When I first got a computer, everyone's online service was AOL. Everyone was a member and it was the hottest thing. It was as popular as Facebook, maybe even more. After school, everyone would go online and Instant Message (IM) their friends. So I guess I have sentimental feeling towards AOL. It was sad to see it go so far downhill. Ever since their failed merger with Time Warner, it got really bad. And then they made their service free and it continued to get worse. It's so sad looking at my "Buddy List" on AOL that has close to 300 friends on it and see NOBODY on AOL.
I currently only use AOL for my e-mail. I also have aol.com as my homepage because I like their setup. I like the scrolling slideshow of news stories (powered by The Huffington Post). And I like having the weather and email links right there. I like that layout. The layout hasn't really changed and it's what I'm used to. But aside from that, I don't use AOL for everything else like web browsing, etc.
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285134 - 05/06/12 06:38 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
When I first got a computer, everyone's online service was AOL. Everyone was a member and it was the hottest thing.
This is the problem with blanket statements that involve the claim of "everyone": They just ain't true. All it takes is a quick story to debunk such a claim.
In my case I was an experienced dialup BBS user. I knew my way around and really had no need to spend $20/mo for an online service. Likewise, there were no local access numbers in my area.
When Salsgiver opened up in Sarver, PA, sometime around '94 I immediately signed up: The local access number was right within my prefix plus I got the complete world of the 'net without that proprietary online software crap provided by such "wonderful" providers like America Online. And it was only $20/mo for complete unlimited access. No censorship. No limits other than my 33kbps then, later, 56kbps modems.
Internet access killed my former BBS hobby: I could access the world without any time limit with a local connection. ;-)
I pity the crowd you ran with: America Online was all you knew. And that's a dang shame. Sometimes America Online "lusers" would attempt to communicate on local dialup BBS forums or, even worse, Usenet via BBSes that had an Internet gateway. It didn't work out well: Most didn't know how to communicate via the typed word in long-form communication (they thought it was all instant chat rooms) and led to the observation of how functionally illiterate and devoid of netiquette America Online "luserbase" and managment truly was.
Again, I refer you to Eternal September. America Online made matters worse with their own buggy software at the time that posted numerous copies of each message to Usenet.
--Bekki
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285139 - 05/06/12 06:57 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
This is the problem with blanket statements that involve the claim of "everyone": They just ain't true. All it takes is a quick story to debunk such a claim.
I am using the word "everyone" as in everyone I knew. It was so rediculously popular in my area, the capital of the world. 
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285216 - 05/06/12 11:45 PM
|
|
|
Yeah, AOL was real big. I liked the whole concept. The only reason I used IE for browsing was because I didn't like how the AOL desktop didn't have it's own task bar at the bottom. Or maybe it did, but not by default. Hometown AOL had all kinds of extras. I created my own web page that wasn't bad.
About all the pussy, including two now-'exes', I found between '02 and '06 was via AOL profiles.
But there were things I wanted to get rid of that I couldn't; there were the things I already mentioned; plus they got rid of half the 'community' features, or clouded them in a way that seemed impersonal. I'm glad I'm away from it.
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285219 - 05/06/12 11:58 PM
|
|
|
Quote:
I am using the word "everyone" as in everyone I knew. It was so rediculously popular in my area, the capital of the world.
That's a dang shame. The BBS scene opened my eyes: It's where I first used Usenet and got my first Internet E-mail address since a local BBS had a UUCP gateway.
Since that one BBS was running WildCat! and I also used OffLine eXpress for message board participation and handling my E-mail offline it was a very engrossing setup: I was only online long enough to transfer mail and messages and took my time in reading and responding. It's how I developed my detailed long-form communication skills.
It's a far cry from the chat-oriented zero-attention nonsense that spawned from America Online, a service that billed itself as "being" the Internet. What an insult against the intelligence of those of us who knew better! And woe to the corporate-owned/corporate-subsidized "journalism" that often confused America Online for the Internet and the lemmings who believed every single word, labeled as "news", as gospel!
It's one of the many reasons why I will forever scorn America Online, its managment, and its luserbase. For more reasons you can simply do a search for the crap sent by *.aol.com into Usenet during the '90s.
--Bekki
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285241 - 05/07/12 02:15 AM
|
|
|
Do you remember the first free internet service provider called "NetZero"? I remember trying it out when it first came out. Their dial up connection and internet connection was so much more slower than AOL's, probably because of all the ads. But I guess for people who could not afford to pay for internet, it was better than nothing. I just googled NetZero and I see the company/internet provider still exists, but now they charge $9.99 a month.
Thinking about all this old school stuff reminds me of my very first computer... an IBM Aptiva... which costed well over $3,000 dollars and was one of the best computers money can buy. The computer and monitor's color was black. All my friends were so jealous because my computer was so good and looked so cool because back then, everyone's computer and monitor's color was white.
|
|
|
| Tafoid |
|
I keep on testing.. testing.. testing... into the future!
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 04/19/06
|
|
Posts: 3135
|
|
Loc: USA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285243 - 05/07/12 02:18 AM
|
|
|
> Do you remember the first free internet service provider called "NetZero"? I remember
> trying it out when it first came out. Their dial up connection and internet
> connection was so much more slower than AOL's, probably because of all the ads. But I
> guess for people who could not afford to pay for internet, it was better than
> nothing. I just googled NetZero and I see the company/internet provider still exists,
> but now they charge $9.99 a month.
.. and they STILL offer 10 hours per month, free of charge, while using the Ad-Banner setup. For some who cannot affording getting hooked up to cable and the like and only use the internet for very casual research and emails - it is a perfectly viable (and free) alternative.
|
|
|
| Bekki Doll |
|
A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 01/28/12
|
|
Posts: 771
|
|
Loc: Freeport, PA
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285255 - 05/07/12 04:07 AM
|
|
|
Quote:
Do you remember the first free internet service provider called "NetZero"? I remember trying it out when it first came out. Their dial up connection and internet connection was so much more slower than AOL's, probably because of all the ads. But I guess for people who could not afford to pay for internet, it was better than nothing. I just googled NetZero and I see the company/internet provider still exists, but now they charge $9.99 a month.
I do. I especially remember Juno that provided free E-mail via its own standalone client software starting in 1996. Juno eventually got bought out and absorbed into NetZero.
The Juno client at the time was great in that it did the same thing as my OLX setup. But, through the years, they added free web access as well.
The big reason I no longer use Juno and its client is that, thanks to its integration with Internment Exploder, it created a gaping security hole that can be exploited by HTML-based E-mail. Not only that but it was a pain to attempt to view such E-mail's plaintext source. So it had to go.
The only good thing is that at least Juno's E-mail was saved in plaintext format. I can easily pop such "folders" into my browser and do fast text searches. I had to reverse-engineer how Juno stored the stuff but once I figured it out it was a breeze to back everything up.
Many years later I know of much better sources for free E-mail. Thanks to WiFi you don't need to worry about a connection. But make sure that you can connect to the mail server via TLS or browse webmail via https.
--Bekki
|
|
|
| Breetai |
|
Semi-Lurker "full time drinker"
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 11/02/03
|
|
Posts: 419
|
|
Loc: Omaha
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
i see your ask jeeves and raise you dogpile =P <np>
[Re: italie]
#285257 - 05/07/12 04:18 AM
|
|
|
> > "Let's see what they look like now-a-days..."
> >
> > Oh, the URL it wants to take you to is moviefone.com...
>
>
> Hmmm...I'll have to ask jeeves what that is all about...
|
|
|
| Qun Mang |
|
Legend of Link
|
|
|
|
|
Reged: 12/12/03
|
|
Posts: 746
|
|
Loc: Hidden Hyrulian city Lurkopolis
|
|
|
|
Send PM
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: Bekki Doll]
#285261 - 05/07/12 04:23 AM
|
|
|
> I do. I especially remember Juno that provided free E-mail via its own standalone
> client software starting in 1996. Juno eventually got bought out and absorbed into
> NetZero.
>
> The Juno client at the time was great in that it did the same thing as my OLX setup.
> But, through the years, they added free web access as well.
>
Yup, I remember both of these. I believe my brother had a juno email account back in the day. I never used either service, though I did try NetZero once. That ad bar took up a huge chunk of screen real estate. Of course I tried to move it and the service just hung up on me with a message about not hiding the banner.
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: Tafoid]
#285438 - 05/07/12 11:20 PM
|
|
|
> > Do you remember the first free internet service provider called "NetZero"? I
> .. and they STILL offer 10 hours per month, free of charge, while using the Ad-Banner
> setup. For some who cannot affording getting hooked up to cable and the like and only
> use the internet for very casual research and emails - it is a perfectly viable (and
> free) alternative.
That whole scenario seems like a cosmic joke. There's a lot of stuff I don't do, but christ even Wiki would take 30 seconds to load.
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: mogli]
#285452 - 05/07/12 11:56 PM
|
|
|
> > > Do you remember the first free internet service provider called "NetZero"? I
>
> > .. and they STILL offer 10 hours per month, free of charge, while using the
> Ad-Banner
> > setup. For some who cannot affording getting hooked up to cable and the like and
> only
> > use the internet for very casual research and emails - it is a perfectly viable
> (and
> > free) alternative.
>
> That whole scenario seems like a cosmic joke. There's a lot of stuff I don't do, but
> christ even Wiki would take 30 seconds to load.
At low speed you wouldn't be able to even download the updates that keep you safe while doing anything other than fetching emails.
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: TriggerFin]
#285473 - 05/08/12 02:08 AM
|
|
|
> > > > Do you remember the first free internet service provider called "NetZero"? I
> >
> > > .. and they STILL offer 10 hours per month, free of charge, while using the
> > Ad-Banner
> > > setup. For some who cannot affording getting hooked up to cable and the like and
> > only
> > > use the internet for very casual research and emails - it is a perfectly viable
> > (and
> > > free) alternative.
> >
> > That whole scenario seems like a cosmic joke. There's a lot of stuff I don't do,
> but
> > christ even Wiki would take 30 seconds to load.
>
> At low speed you wouldn't be able to even download the updates that keep you safe
> while doing anything other than fetching emails.
I was thinking of that, too, but wasn't sure. Add to it that some of those people are still using PIIIs with Win98. They'd say because they're afraid of being hacked, I'm sure.
|
|
|
|
Re: i see your ask jeeves and raise you dogpile =P <np>
[Re: Breetai]
#285483 - 05/08/12 03:17 AM
|
|
|
Ill have too look that up in webcrawler or archie.
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: mogli]
#285497 - 05/08/12 04:40 AM
|
|
|
The only type of person that would be acceptable in using a dial up connection would be a person that ONLY utilizes the internet for strictly e-mail and that's it. Maybe like grandparents that only use the internet to read and send e-mails from/to their loved ones or something like that.
|
|
|
|
Re: Not "everyone" was an America Online "luser". ;-)
[Re: OldSchoolGamer]
#285602 - 05/08/12 10:36 PM
|
|
|
> The only type of person that would be acceptable in using a dial up connection would
> be a person that ONLY utilizes the internet for strictly e-mail and that's it. Maybe
> like grandparents that only use the internet to read and send e-mails from/to their
> loved ones or something like that.
They need to get off the fucking rocking chair.
|
|
|
Index 
Threaded 
How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Reply
[Re: 
