AOL dumps newsgroups

Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005" (see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user
feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door asking them to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks, use keyword "Tell Us"
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message ------------------------

Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in early 2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you will no longer be able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed connection, you can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party reader, such as Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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Welcome to http://ras.gliderpilot.net Look on the
bright side, at least you get email, BT Broadband don't
even oficially provide an SMTP relay unless you pay
£30/month for BT/Yahoo broadband. Fortunately they
are too thick to exclude vanilla broadband subscribers
from their SMTP relay

At 14:30 25 January 2005, Mikeyankee wrote:
Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking
on newsgroups to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as
of 'early 2005' (see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy
'was based on user
feedback' -- yeah, like we've all been banging down
AOL's door asking them to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks,
use keyword 'Tell Us'
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message ---------------------
---

Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued
in early 2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you
will no longer be able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed
connection, you can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer
Newsgroups. Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party
reader, such as Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google
at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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I just switched back to groups.google.com - the beta version and it's
working very well. Used to be google didn't show posts with the "don't
archive" flag, but now they show them for 6 days.

-Tom

You're not paying more, you're just getting less

groups.google.com works okay, but some posts seem slow to appear there. I'm
not very fussy about their 'new look', but the current price is right

"MikeYankee" wrote in message
...
Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005" (see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user
feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door asking them
to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks, use keyword "Tell
Us"
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message ------------------------

Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in early 2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you will no longer be
able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed connection, you can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party reader, such as
Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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What I don't understand is that people continue to maintain their loyal
allegiance to AOL despite their prior poor history in not providing what
they had promised and their high priced monthly fees.............

Competition for your dollars is out there. There are several high quality
ISP's out there who provide more and ask for less.

My two cents....


"MikeYankee" wrote in message
...
Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005" (see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user
feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door asking them
to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks, use keyword "Tell
Us"
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message ------------------------

Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in early 2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you will no longer be
able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed connection, you can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups. Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party reader, such as
Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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There was an NPR story a few years back about how some thought AOL WAS the
Internet. I've encountered this a few times, where people have never
explored outside of the content side of AOL and could not be coaxed away.
As recently as last week I had someone call and was assisting their family
to finally get on the Internet and was under the distinct impression that
MSN and AOL were the only options.

"Mitch Deutsch" wrote in message
link.net...
What I don't understand is that people continue to maintain their loyal
allegiance to AOL despite their prior poor history in not providing what
they had promised and their high priced monthly fees.............

Competition for your dollars is out there. There are several high quality
ISP's out there who provide more and ask for less.

My two cents....


"MikeYankee" wrote in message
...
Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups to
the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early 2005"
(see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on user
feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door asking
them
to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks, use keyword
"Tell
Us"
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message ------------------------

Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in early
2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you will no longer be
able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed connection, you
can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups.
Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party reader, such as
Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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To reply, delete everything after "com".)

That used to be the case; that it took hours to get posted but this
Beta version seems a lot quicker...

Bob

F.L. Whiteley wrote:
You're not paying more, you're just getting less

groups.google.com works okay, but some posts seem slow to appear
there. I'm
not very fussy about their 'new look', but the current price is right

"MikeYankee" wrote in message
...
Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups
to the
effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of "early
2005" (see
below).

When I inquired about this, AOL said this new policy "was based on
user
feedback" -- yeah, like we've all been banging down AOL's door
asking them
to
reduce their service.

If you're an AOL user and you think this really stinks, use keyword
"Tell
Us"
and let those *******s hear from you.

----------------- actual text of AOL message
------------------------

Please Note: The AOL Newsgroup service will be discontinued in
early 2005.


For members using AOL over a dial-up connection, you will no longer
be
able to
access Newsgroups. If you have a separate high-speed connection,
you can
contact your broadband provider to see if they offer Newsgroups.
Newsgroup
services can often be accessed through a third party reader, such
as
Mozilla
Thunderbird (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/thunderbird/).

Alternatively, you can access Newsgroups via Google at
http://groups.google.com/.

We apologize for this inconvenience.


Mike Yankee

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Always off line !

After 40 yrs. in the computer design business and 25 yrs. owning at
least one PC at a time, AOL is one of very the first item I wean PC
newbies.
The power of brain washing is increadible.
Bela

(MikeYankee) writes:

Yesterday AOL flashed a message to all users clicking on newsgroups
to the effect that it would no longer support newsgroups as of
"early 2005" (see below).

Yeah, it is finally October!!

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