Stupid AOL

Hey, D! I've been having all sorts of computer problems lately, and one of the worst is that AOL seems to want to deliver only the mail they like. I've switched several people to a hotmail account, but I think I'll keep the AOL one because, like you, so many people have had it for so many years!

I still use my AOL account, but I no longer pay for it. I have had a few issues like you describe as well. I also have e-mail addresses at Yahoo and G-mail, plus all the assorted e-mail addresses that come with my web pages. AOL is my main e-mail that I have had the longest so I have had a hard time trying to part with it, but if for some reason I can't send an e-mail through AOL, I can always use one of my other accounts.

A change is as good as a holiday. It's time to let go. It's time to move on. Think of it...a lovely fresh page, a new start, a new outlook. Worry not. Be excited.

I have another friends that is having the same issues..and she is going to gmail...I have been with hotmail since I got a computer and never had a problem with them....I also don't like doing the change! LOL

I gave a long response but it went to computer heaven. My boss ordered me to change internet service and for 5 days I have not been able to send an email at work.Spent countless hours talking to tech support and doing everything that they asked for but it does not work. Am so cross as if something works then why change it? I too hate change but perhaps it would be best for you to have another account.

change it up to Gmail dear... not promoting the 'G' guys or anything, but get it done this one time and switch your email to it, and a lot more internet stuff can be so much more better

I would pull up the stakes..save everything you can..and high tail it out of there..My sister had AOL for a time..and I did too..a long time ago..I didn't keep it long though...I like Yahoo..but then..people have issues what that too..so I don't know..I do hope you find a place to park your tent and stay awhile..

I have never liked AOL it is nothing but trouble Also I can't send some of my Friends Emails on AOL they bounce back to me I have Gmail and have had it for 4 years now I love it

this is 3 mths old discussion but I am wondering about AOL and AIM I have a friend I used to send and receive emails with but out of the sudden I received spams from her I don't believe she sends it, but then again I can't contact her at all she can send me emails but any email I sent her bounced does this sound familiar to you ? how do you fix it? I read the webmaster email also bounced, so I guess I won't be able to contact her at all

my ex used to monitor for them.and oh yea,he was reading people's stuff. i can't say they encouraged it,but none the less he was. if you have the full version and leave,i would recommend you wipe your HD and reinstall your stuff.even when you cancel it there's a buttload of stuff that remains in your system eating up space.

dawnald, Change if you like and I highly recommend Gmail for it's extensiveness in their apps and security enhancements. However, you may want to keep your AOL account for a while and mail forward whatever is coming in to your new email account and address. In this way, you will be sure of a thorough switch over which could include people who had your previous address but not sent you an email till after you have decided to switch. Have a nice day.

AO-Hell!! Yeah, I used to have that forever ago.. it was my original internet provider, until hubby got me hooked on Road Runner.. but I still kept AOL for certain things.. including the messenger. Then he and I both learned that AOL is actually spyware in and of itself, and it slowly destroys your computer. My foster mom had nothing but AOL on her puter and after awhile it totally froze her up and her comp worked like crap.. hubby (who is as darn near a computer geek as you can get without taking classes for it) could not figure out how to fix it.. couldn't restore it, couldn't remove anything from it, not even simple pictures... the whole thing was fried. She had to replace her computer and it wasn't even that old... hubby called up his other computer geek friend, who did actually go to school to become a computer geek and after a few questions to see if it was a virus, he asked what provider she used, we said AOL.. he said "Well, that's your problem". After I discovered that I came home and tried to delete every AOL file on my computer, and guess what? It wouldn't let me.. I couldn't delete a single one of them. We restored my computer but the AOL crud was still on there somehow.. just no longer showing up in the files.. but it was still somehow embedded deep into the motherboard so my computer never worked right again. I replaced it.. but it was getting old anyways, and since then I've never put any AOL anything on my computer.. and never had a problem since.

Well, when my family changed over from having a dial up modem to cable modem, that was the point that I pulled up the stakes and quit using my AOL account. Yes, it was difficult initially to transfer all of my contacts into my new email address, but in the long run I think it is much better because I feel like my email service is much more dependable. I seldom have messages that aren't able to be delivered, and I feel like they transfer a lot quicker as well.

Well after the whining and hating changes. Change it and get it over with. How hard can it be? TATA.

Can't you have both? Say AOL and gmail, or AOL and Yahoo, or hell, why not just have one of each? That way, if one (or more) doesn't work you can always have a back up email addy ready to go!

Hi dawny! There definitely is something going on with AOL mail! All of a sudden AOL isn't "allowing" people to get their mail. It gives out a message saying "that the mail is unavailable at this time"! WTF? I have 51 emails that I can't get to? And it isn't just me and it is happening for a few weeks now and it is happening more frequently an is very annoying! But, I have had more issues with Yahoo mail than I have ever had with AOL mail so wouldn't recommend that particular switch! Yahoo mail is even more full of errors and not being able to access mail more ofter than AOL and I have all my mylot mail going to Yahoo so I spend alot of time "waiting for access"! Choose at your own risk!

I have a Gmail account and I have no complaints. My personal email for friends and family is in Outlook and my ‘other’ emails come through my Gmail. I have never used AOL. It is tough to change email addresses, it’s a bit like changing your phone number, a hassle but it may be worth it if you’re having a lot of problems.

I would definatly reccomend GMail, used them for many years! Simple interface with little clogging up the space on your screen, and there is plenty of space for you to store things. Right now I have 7478MB but it's constantly going up! I've never heard that AOL read peoples emails, but I've never really liked AOL. Surely this is illegal? Lee.

My very first email was a Hotmail. I've never had problems with it. Gmail is also good, but lately I've heard some similar issues with what you're going through. Yep! I believe you should take your business elsewhere. Although I don't envy your task ahead of moving your earning links to whatever service you would eventually choose. Goodluck!

Change is not always necessarily a good thing, but sometimes we have to adapt to changes no matter what. I would say since it is getting worse and worse I would go ahead and change and by the way when you do yahoo and or other ISP providers allow you to drive your contacts over with you. Or what you can do is start an a free email account with on of the providers, slowly get everyone over to your new email address then be rid of AOL. That's probably what I would do, since the free one will be with you for ever and by the way if you go with the paid for instance yahoo, you know you can keep the free in the same account.. Hope this helps.