Is AOL still a serious email option for you??

Dutchie007 · 19 Sep 2013, 12:13 AM

Since a couple of months now I am more and more discontent with AOL email services (also AIM).

Their spamfilters are terrible......often I need to wait several HOURS (in some cases even DAYS) before email arrives to an AOL/AIM account....(why is this??) and last but not least it is a true pain in a certain bodypart when you want to delete your AOL account!!

In the old days I thought AOL was cool.....nice...and good. But alas the last couple of years AOL more and more becomes the laughing stock in the internet world.

Who still uses AOL/AIM on a daily basis and is still satisfied??? Well I am NOT. Are you?

your comments please...

Compared to this....Yahoo truly still is a very very good email option!

Dutchie.

David · 19 Sep 2013, 02:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dutchie007

Since a couple of months now I am more and more discontent with AOL email services (also AIM).

Their spamfilters are terrible......often I need to wait several HOURS (in some cases even DAYS) before email arrives to an AOL/AIM account....(why is this??) and last but not least it is a true pain in a certain bodypart when you want to delete your AOL account!!

In the old days I thought AOL was cool.....nice...and good. But alas the last couple of years AOL more and more becomes the laughing stock in the internet world.

Who still uses AOL/AIM on a daily basis and is still satisfied??? Well I am NOT. Are you?

your comments please...

Compared to this....Yahoo truly still is a very very good email option!

Dutchie.

Since day number one I have never trusted AOL. I do in fact still blame them, for dumbing down every internet user on earth, who signed up for their services, as the first introduction to the net

Just Bill · 19 Sep 2013, 04:54 AM

I still haven't forgiven AOL for Eternal September.

William9 · 19 Sep 2013, 06:06 AM

I was a Charter Member of AOL, signing up for an account during the first few months that it opened for business. Closed my AOL account possibly 10 or 15 years ago. Didn't meet my needs. It may still be an option for some with minimal needs and limited knowledge or interest in the Internet.

B4its2L8 · 19 Sep 2013, 07:00 AM

I don't use their email service, so I can't comment on that aspect, but I must say I'm personally liking their new online RSS reader. For my purposes it's the most satisfying replacement for Google's.

jeffpan · 19 Sep 2013, 11:09 AM

I have an aol account for many years (since 2003 maybe).
AOL was great for the time belonged to it.
But now I was thinking it's out of time.
Who young people uses AOL? I don't know.
Gmail or gmail powered personal domain email is most used by people from what I see.

Bamb0 · 23 Sep 2013, 09:07 AM

I still check my AIM account there but not often as it forces scripts WHICH I DONT LIKE TO ENABLE!!

cmaxx · 5 Mar 2015, 09:14 AM

I used to see AOL as a more serious email compared to Gmail as I live outside of the US and AOL is not well known here.

AOL > Yahoo.

Just Bill · 5 Mar 2015, 09:59 AM

Anyone who actually values their email communications would not be using AOL.

jarland · 5 Mar 2015, 10:48 AM

Well, let me just tell you this. Working with the guys behind the scenes, the team behind AOL's e-mail are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. Take that for what it's worth, but as another service working with AOL, I have great respect for them.

red cloud · 5 Mar 2015, 02:29 PM

i use aol-they delete emails if you dont log in

i like outlook

communicant · 7 Mar 2015, 02:27 AM

I know a lawyer, a senior member of his firm, who uses AOL for all his email, both business and personal. I have no idea why he uses it for his legal work rather than the firm's institutional address, but I have wondered whether the recipients of his legal emails (people who have had no prior contact with him, I mean) take him less seriously because of the AOL address. Has anyone else encountered a professional who uses AOL rather than a more formal and institutional address? Perhaps it is just habit or eccentricity on his part, or maybe he is naïve and is totally unaware of the impression his email address may make on opposing counsel and others who receive mail from him for the first time, but if I were his client I would worry a bit about that. Comments?

ccl1 · 7 Mar 2015, 03:02 AM

it stopped being a 'serious email option' back in 1995

19 Sep 2013, 12:13 AM	#1
Dutchie007 Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 388	Is AOL still a serious email option for you?? Since a couple of months now I am more and more discontent with AOL email services (also AIM). Their spamfilters are terrible......often I need to wait several HOURS (in some cases even DAYS) before email arrives to an AOL/AIM account....(why is this??) and last but not least it is a true pain in a certain bodypart when you want to delete your AOL account!! In the old days I thought AOL was cool.....nice...and good. But alas the last couple of years AOL more and more becomes the laughing stock in the internet world. Who still uses AOL/AIM on a daily basis and is still satisfied??? Well I am NOT. Are you? your comments please... Compared to this....Yahoo truly still is a very very good email option! Dutchie.

19 Sep 2013, 04:54 AM	#3
Just Bill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 192	I still haven't forgiven AOL for Eternal September.

19 Sep 2013, 06:06 AM	#4
William9 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,281	I was a Charter Member of AOL, signing up for an account during the first few months that it opened for business. Closed my AOL account possibly 10 or 15 years ago. Didn't meet my needs. It may still be an option for some with minimal needs and limited knowledge or interest in the Internet.

19 Sep 2013, 07:00 AM	#5
B4its2L8 Master of the @ Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Hiding under my bed Posts: 1,465	I don't use their email service, so I can't comment on that aspect, but I must say I'm personally liking their new online RSS reader. For my purposes it's the most satisfying replacement for Google's.

19 Sep 2013, 11:09 AM	#6
jeffpan The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Macao Posts: 2,157 Representative of: tls-mail.com	I have an aol account for many years (since 2003 maybe). AOL was great for the time belonged to it. But now I was thinking it's out of time. Who young people uses AOL? I don't know. Gmail or gmail powered personal domain email is most used by people from what I see.

23 Sep 2013, 09:07 AM	#7
Bamb0 Master of the @ Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 1,876	I still check my AIM account there but not often as it forces scripts WHICH I DONT LIKE TO ENABLE!!

5 Mar 2015, 09:14 AM	#8
cmaxx Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 13	I used to see AOL as a more serious email compared to Gmail as I live outside of the US and AOL is not well known here. AOL > Yahoo.

5 Mar 2015, 09:59 AM	#9
Just Bill Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 192	Anyone who actually values their email communications would not be using AOL.

5 Mar 2015, 10:48 AM	#10
jarland Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 399 Representative of: MXRoute.com	Well, let me just tell you this. Working with the guys behind the scenes, the team behind AOL's e-mail are incredibly friendly and knowledgeable. Take that for what it's worth, but as another service working with AOL, I have great respect for them.

5 Mar 2015, 02:29 PM	#11
red cloud Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: usa Posts: 49	i use aol-they delete emails if you dont log in i like outlook

7 Mar 2015, 02:27 AM	#12
communicant Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 879	I know a lawyer, a senior member of his firm, who uses AOL for all his email, both business and personal. I have no idea why he uses it for his legal work rather than the firm's institutional address, but I have wondered whether the recipients of his legal emails (people who have had no prior contact with him, I mean) take him less seriously because of the AOL address. Has anyone else encountered a professional who uses AOL rather than a more formal and institutional address? Perhaps it is just habit or eccentricity on his part, or maybe he is naïve and is totally unaware of the impression his email address may make on opposing counsel and others who receive mail from him for the first time, but if I were his client I would worry a bit about that. Comments?

7 Mar 2015, 03:02 AM	#13
ccl1 Essential Contributor Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 236	it stopped being a 'serious email option' back in 1995