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13 Jan 2021, 10:08 AM | #1 |
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How about aol email today
I have an old aol email for almost 20 years old.
If I have given people this email address, will they think "oops an old man"? regards |
13 Jan 2021, 08:10 PM | #2 |
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The short answer is "yes." The longer answer is that if the email service works OK for you there is no need to worry about it for ordinary use like signing up on websites, etc. If you were applying for a job I would suggest another address. Despite it being illegal, here in the USA I believe 100% of businesses discriminate based on age. I've been involved in a lot of hiring and a person's email address is often the first thing you notice if the application comes in via email, and the people making the first cull of job applications are almost always the youngest, most inexperienced people in the office.
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13 Jan 2021, 08:41 PM | #3 |
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I was only somewhat recently made aware that AOL's email infrastructure has been fully merged with the rest of Verizon's infra. AOL postmasters used to be some cool people, Verizon's...meh. Their CEO and his team though, top notch folks.
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14 Jan 2021, 03:44 AM | #4 | |
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14 Jan 2021, 09:48 AM | #5 |
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I had an AOL email acct as I used AIM so I had one and they deleted my email acct years ago.........
Made me mad kinda cause I did like that email account........ |
14 Jan 2021, 02:41 PM | #6 |
The "e" in e-mail
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14 Jan 2021, 02:57 PM | #7 |
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I have what was originally an netscape.net address, that is now aim.com, which works with aol.com on my one and only AOL account that was Nescape, then AIM, now AOL
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14 Jan 2021, 10:22 PM | #8 |
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Like the OP, I also have had an aol.com account for as long as I can remember. I think when I got my original PC I acquired this AOL account.
And unlike BambO, my account was never deleted although I don't think I ever used it in quite some time. Mostly a spam magnet. But it's still working so go figure. Luckily, I got my first name dot lastname at aol.com. Does anyone even use aol email addresses anymore? |
15 Jan 2021, 06:15 PM | #9 |
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17 Jan 2021, 02:50 AM | #10 |
The "e" in e-mail
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I have had an AOL and Yahoo account since Hector was a pup. I have been having a lot of problems when i sign in my account does not accept my password. I can create another password or move on to another email account
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18 Jan 2021, 10:10 AM | #11 | |
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23 Jan 2021, 07:11 AM | #12 |
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RE: AOL mail
Like most bigtime providers they are phasing out their anonymous service. Everytime I sign in now a popup is demanding my phone number. So far I have refused, but suspect it's only a matter of time before I'm locked out. Something to keep in mind if that's important to you, and have a 'Plan B' ready.
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23 Jan 2021, 09:37 AM | #13 |
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Try putting all zeros or a # you know is invalid....
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23 Jan 2021, 11:05 AM | #14 |
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If I'm filling out a survey or some other situation in which a phone is required, and I don't necessarily want to give out my actual #, I have always used the area code of the state I live in and then 555-1212. When I first did that, I was tempted to use Jenny's # (867-5309), but that might be somebodies actual phone #, and I have no reason to bother them..
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23 Jan 2021, 07:05 PM | #15 |
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I've used 922-9292 before.
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