In list.lst on         Wed, 30 Aug 1995 11:31:16 -0400,
Mike Holloway <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> >If your digest is routinely larger than 25k, it will arrive in the AOL member
> >mailbox as an attachment,
>
> This new policy just adds another prominent example of the deficiencies of
> AOL.  I'm going to have to start actively encouraging my members to find
> another service provider.  This new restriction on e-mail, added to the
> severe mail box limit AOL members already had (and are not informed of) is
> counter-intuitive, to say the least, for a business that has to make itself
> more competitive.  Everyone working for AOL can't be clueless.  I hope that
> someone has the guts to inform their management, which seems oddly divorced
> from the realities of the Internet.
 
I'm sorry you feel that way, Mike.  I haven't been on
America Online in three/four years, when I was on the
Beta-test team for its Geoworks software, which included
Internet e-mail testing as well (don't remember exactly when
- it's been a while, anyhow).
 
But they are a capable system trying to do the impossible.
And doing a good job of it all.  Their error messages are
concise and easy to understand.  They are working around the
limitations.
 
Problems aren't limited to America Online.  Some mailers are
broken and need fixing, or have problems with large
mailings.  PC networks are notorious for giving errors or
messages about silly stuff.
 
They're working on it.
 
 
Remember: It's always September, somewhere on the 'net.
 
Take it in stride, man.
 
 
Ken
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