>My problems began over a year ago when outgoing AOL
>traffic was allowed only if there was incoming activity. ("Reading 1 of
>0...no messages waiting" error) I tried using the authentication patch
>but it didn't seem to fix the problem. I'm using a local ISP.
This isn't an authentication problem, this was something broken on the
AOL gateway on AOL's end. I'm not sure if it has been fixed, but it might
be worth a try to see.
The Auth patch wouldn't do you any good, as it doesn't apply to AOL
accounts.
>AOL still works for me as a general-purpose mail/internet solution when
>traveling, although need for dialup access certainly is decreasing, and
>the cost is mitigated slightly by my "charter member" discount!
I still hang onto my AOL account just in case I ever need dialup while on
the road. Although that need is almost nil now that I run my own dialup
server that has an 800 number for access. Kind of pointless to use AOL
when I can just use myself.
But for the $5 a month I pay AOL, I hang onto it just in case (it also
helps a bit when I have clients with AOL that are having some kind of
problem). I know, this means I could test the AOL connection in Emailer
myself. But that would mean I'd have to log onto AOL, delete all my
exising junk email, then send myself a test and try it. I'm not willing
to just log onto AOL without cleaning out the inbox yet, because then I
have to wait for the 200+ messages to download. And I pay per minute
after the first 2 hours of use a month (and the Emailer/AOL connection is
counted towards that 2 hours... if you use AOL's IMAP gateway, or web
mail, the time is NOT counted towards the monthly hours).
-chris
<http://www.mythtech.net>
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