Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 02:42:30 GMT From: "James Sweet" <jamessweetnospamail.com> Subject: Re: AOL dumps newsgroups
"laurak" <lauraknospamousergraphics.com> wrote in message news:1106701412.460765.117540nospam2000cwz.googlegroups.com... > I'm seriously considering doing that, although I don't want to lose my > e-mail address. I've had the same one for 10 years. > The way AOL did newsgroups was one of the main reasons I stayed with > them. Although AOL's really not that bad once you beat it into shape. > I just went to DSL from dialup so I have an alternative, but I'm not > sure that BellSouth is an improvement. Everytime I go to the BellSouth > startup page (now replaced with Google Groups) it tried to install > spyware on my computer (prevented by Spybot Search and Destroy). And a > forum on BellSouth DSL has a lot of complaints about BellSouth and > newsgroups. > I really don't like the way Google Groups works. I can't tell what I've > read or not. > Make a new email address now and start transitioning, after a few months everyone will know your new one and you can dump AOL, they became worthless once the internet really took off.
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