Re: blasted aol 6.0 upgrade :|
Ethan:
What does your personal opinion of an ISP have anything to do with growing
Pumpkins. By the way I think your use of the English language leaves a lot to
be desired.
Bob Attaway
Flowery Branch, Georgia
Ethan Jervis wrote:
> AOL SUCKS!! The best thing did a few years ago was to drop it. They have
> the public convinced that AOL is so easy to use with no problems. Trust me
> there is live after AOL. To anyone on the list that use's it, drop it!!
> You will see.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Duncan McAlpine" <mcalpin1@yahoo.com>
> To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:16 AM
> Subject: Re: blasted aol 6.0 upgrade :|
>
> > This is an issue for those of you who cant read an
> > HTML formated email message. Most of you on digest
> > knows what this looks like. All we see is coding.
> >
> > AOL assumes everyone wants to read email like them.
> >
> > Be aware of this.
> > --- cathy<cathy@.com> wrote:
> > > I have a recipe in place to reject html formatted
> > > messages. aol refuses or
> > > can't fix their 6.0 upgrade to allow their users to
> > > send messages in plain
> > > text. my list is an international one - we have
> > > users in russia, for
> > > example who don't have the luxury of having mail
> > > programs that correctly
> > > interpret html messages. I find it ridiculous that
> > > one of the largest
> > > internet service providers on earth can't or won't
> > > fix this bug. one of
> > > many of my list members wrote to aol tech support
> > > and got the following
> > > telephone-operator-lily-tomlin response... Is there
> > > a recipe that will
> > > strip the html formatting yet still forward the
> > > message to the list -
> > > non-htmlized? cathy
> > >
> > > I checked with AOL tech support and received the
> > > following response.
> > >
> > > Dear Brad ,
> > >
> > > I sincerely apologize for the disconnection , Please
> > > bear with us, we are
> > > encountering a system difficulty right now. So I
> > > just decided to email you
> > > with information that may help you .
> > >
> > > I have checked it , and found out that you cannot
> > > disable the HTML feature
> > > of AOL 6.0 , sorry for that one . What you can try ,
> > > is using AOL 5.0 , or
> > > you may use another email provider , for that
> > > MAILING list alone .
> > >
> > > If you encounter any problems with the steps, our
> > > phone support staff will
> > > be happy to assist you with the process to find a
> > > quick resolution to the
> > > issue. The call is free and our staff is available
> > > 22 hours a day, from 6AM
> > > to 2AM, seven days a week.
> > >
> > > Let me offer you a tip: calling early in the day
> > > usually reduces the waiting
> > > time to speak to a consultant.
> > >
> > > Please call us at 1-888-346-3704. We also have a TTY
> > > equipped number at
> > > 1-800-759-3323.
> > >
> > > and also ...May I suggest that you visit Keyword
> > > :TOP QUESTIONS , it is a
> > > very helpful sites and most of the answers about AOL
> > > features are in there
> > > :-)
> > > NOTE: If you found the resolution I'ved sent you
> > > insufficient , you may
> > > always email me back . I'll be happy to give you
> > > further assistance ;-}
> > > Thank you for using Member Help Interactive .
> > >
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> > >
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> >
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