Eleanor on sun 13 may 01
This occurs on a Mac; I assume there is a PC equivalent:
After you dump AOL for a more benign server, you need to trash the
AOL folder from your hard disk *and* you need to ferret out and trash
all the little pieces of AOL--extensions, applications, whatever--I'm
not good at computer lingo-- which have been deposited here and there
in the System Folder. These little bits will interfere with the
operation of your new server.
Like others who have posted, I can't understand why anyone would want
to stay with a server which doesn't serve. When I used AOL, I
experienced many of the problems mentioned and in addition I found
that after waiting an hour on hold to be connected with a techie,
he/she turned out to be clueless.
My computer needs are simple: I don't run a business; I exchange a
reasonable amount of email.
My server is the local library district--a "free" service (nothing is
free--taxes here are high). Online time is limited; sometimes I'm
disconnected for no reason (I got disconnected on AOL also). But
there are no ads and I can always dial up again if I need to.
For email I use Eudora Lite. It's set to automatically delete email
from the server as soon as I transfer it, which is daily.
I subscribe to Clayart Digest; It has, I believe, all the messages.
With the pointer in the scroll bar and my finger on the mouse button,
it takes me an average of 15 minutes to read and/or save messages
relevant to my interests---philosophy, rants and glaze stuff. I read
Clayart every morning and like my morning coffee, it's a fix I must
have. Thanks, all.
Eleanor Kohler
(desert-like--we have a drought) Centerport, NY
Susan Fox Hirschmann on tue 15 may 01
Well.....tho i am now on another server as well as aol,
problem is, a few years ago I had all my business cards and other promotional
literature printed with the aol email address. Alas, i am not up for another
expensive print job....which is what it would cost if i were to have to have
all this stuff redone.
So for me it is a financial issue. i am afraid if i go off aol, customers
won't find me!
But I am finding that my new email address on hotmail is bringing me, what I
perceive to be, all clayart messages, about 60 a day compared to about 6 on
aol.
No question aol is preventing me from getting it all, and just hoping that
nothing REALLY REALLY important is not getting thru.
Susan
Annandale, VA
Susan Otter on tue 15 may 01
In a message dated 5/13/1 8:32:05 PM, you wrote:
<to stay with a server which doesn't serve. When I used AOL, I
experienced many of the problems mentioned and in addition I found
that after waiting an hour on hold to be connected with a techie,
he/she turned out to be clueless.>>
And I, using a Macintosh, have tried several other servers. After waiting=
an
hour on hold to be connected with a techie, he/she turned out to be cluel=
ess
about Macintosh.
People use what they use because it serves some need for them. It's perso=
nal,
not unlike their choice of car. We don't sit around and rag on others for=
the
car they choose.
Earl Brunner on wed 16 may 01
My current web page and web address have been out there for about three
years now. (not aol) I recently did a web search on my name and found at
least 100 different sites that link to my own now. The constant
changing of addresses every few months is one of the negative aspects of
the web to me. I hate trying to go somewhere and having it gone.
I am considering changing my ISP because it was recently absorbed by a
bigger company and now does not provide the same service. I think what
I will do is transfer my web page and mail (the ones on my business card
and web page)over to someone like geocities now, and point my current
page to it. Then when and if I finally do change the damage will be
minimal.
Susan Fox Hirschmann wrote:
> Well.....tho i am now on another server as well as aol,
> problem is, a few years ago I had all my business cards and other promotional
> literature printed with the aol email address. Alas, i am not up for another
> expensive print job....which is what it would cost if i were to have to have
> all this stuff redone.
> So for me it is a financial issue. i am afraid if i go off aol, customers
> won't find me!
> But I am finding that my new email address on hotmail is bringing me, what I
> perceive to be, all clayart messages, about 60 a day compared to about 6 on
> aol.
> No question aol is preventing me from getting it all, and just hoping that
> nothing REALLY REALLY important is not getting thru.
>
> Susan
> Annandale, VA
>
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John Hesselberth on wed 16 may 01
Hi Earl and Susan,
While it is a little more expensive, the only way to assure a permanent
email address is to get your own domain name and web site then you can be
earl@earlbrunnerpots.com or whatever. You own it and can transfer it
anyplace you want. If you are making your living from pottery I would
certainly consider it.
Regards,
John
Web site: http://www.frogpondpottery.com Email: john@frogpondpottery.com
"The life so short, the craft so long to learn." Chaucer's translation of
Hippocrates, 5th cent. B.C.
> From: Earl Brunner
> Reply-To: Ceramic Arts Discussion List
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 07:07:10 -0700
> To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
> Subject: Re: AOL, etc
>
> I will do is transfer my web page and mail (the ones on my business card
> and web page)over to someone like geocities now, and point my current
> page to it. Then when and if I finally do change the damage will be
> minimal.
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