Do I love AOL or hate them?

[linda_joyce]

I have had a night of it with AOL. It all started a couple of weeks ago when I started getting messages saying people I had never heard of were refusing to take anymore mail from me. I contacted AOL help and we changed my password. I tried to log on to night and my new password was refused.

Back to AOL and I was told my account had been suspended because it had sent out over 500 emails in the space of 15 mins last night at 9.45. I wasn't even on line then, computer was switched of and I was under the shower.

We changed the pass word again, I did a virus check(negative) and used Ad Aware caught up on my mail and then logged off to cook dinner.

I tried to log on again after dinner and the damned thing wouldn't accept the new pass word. Back to AOL again and yet another password.

The gods of WWW hate me what can I do to placate them

Comments

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

AOL are evil and not worthy of you. Leave them ... but not for BT! ;)

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I've been told that for just about every moderately price provider available in the UK, I think I'll stay better the devil you know after all.

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Well, if you like using Microsoft mail/browser software most of them are fine. I don't, so I'm getting narked at ISPs who try to insist on it. BT keep telling me to 'upgrade' to the manky Internet Explorer browser.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I get the impression that you actually understand computers. I use them the way I drive, I have only the vaguest ideas about the internal combustion engine, gearing etc. but I know that if I change up a gear and put my foot down I go faster. With computers I know what button does what and that is my limit so I'm sticking with what I know even if it isn't exactly what I would like to have

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

Probably sensible, since not everyone enjoys fiddling with their new software for ages.

I remain convinced of AOL's evilness though ;) I'm sure they're powered by chickens sacrificed by Paul Darrow.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Molochs! Aaaugh!

[spacefall.livejournal.com]

I was thinking Hammer Horror, but yeah. :)

Aol love them or hate them

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

Last night I was thinking along the lines of Zen in his most 'knowledge must be earned not given' mode.

But yes Molochs definitely fits the bill, I haven't seen enough Hammer Horror to fit AOL into a character

[inyadreems.livejournal.com]

I sympathise. I think they're all as bad - I swapped from Hotmail because of the spam, to Tiscali - no spam at all, but the server regularly goes down. And Tiscali doesn't like Yahoo so I frequently miss emails from Yahoo addies. Sigh.
Ain't technology wonderful? All that Big Brother is watching you and Terminator scary stuff wouldn't work - the bloody computers would be crashing all the time.
I think you need to sacrifice a virgin or two to the WWW gods...