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A cynical yet secular shiny retrogamer, thread ressurector and fan of the word "gay".
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Reged: 01/28/12
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Posts: 771
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Loc: Freeport, PA
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Re: How to make AOL my default email program? (NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
05/06/12 02:07 AM
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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. ;-)
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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. ;-)
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(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!
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Thought to myself, "AOL is still kicking?"
