On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Mark J. Bradakis wrote: > I hardly believe it. Given the trouble and grief over the > last 15 years or so I've dealt with AOL and the vast herds of > Clueless Mouse Pilots it has thrust upon the net it seems > really strange to be on their side. At one point the lists I > manage had 4% of the subscribers on AOL, but that measely 4% > generated something like 22% of the error and admin messages > I had to process. > > That could be a drop in the bit bucket if some scumbag > thievin' spammer gets a decision in their favor.
At least for now, you don't have to service AOL subscribers if you don't want to. I don't hear from AOL subscribers much because my lists don't accept HTML posts. AOL has marketed themselves as the Internet service any idiot can use. They got what they asked for... I remember when Micro$oft Net came online. They were saying "We will BE the Internet within a year." Dunno if M$ has done more damage to the net than AOL. Miro$oft Net hasn't been a major problem. The software produced by their parent company is another story. - murr -
