On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Karen M. Heiby wrote:
> > Ok first off, if you allow it to format the drive during install it's
> > gone, not sorta gone but gone, it would cost big money to retieve even a
> > small piece...
>
> I tell it to format my Linux native partition but I swear it's keeping stuff.
Can't happen. Unless of course you're using several partitions and
formatting only one of them.
> > > GAIM (AOL Instant Messenger clone) is retaining my contact list
>
> > Knowing AOL they don't trust you to keep track of your Buddies, so they
> > store it on the server..
>
> No, this can't be the case.
It is the case. Try installing gaim on another machine and you'll see you
have the contact list there too.
> I also have Windows 98 and every time I reinstall
> AOL IM, I have to re-add buddies.
That's because their own implementation of their protocol is quite broken.
LLaP
bero
