On 7/8/00 11:19 AM, Stan Horwitz <[log in to unmask]> wrote...
>On Sat, 8 Jul 2000, Mike Yuhas wrote:
>> I'm no AOL apologist, but I'm not seeing the problems you guys are.
>> AOL folks make up the largest block of subscribers on my list --
>> about 17% -- and there haven't been any widespread problems in recent
>> memory, outside of a couple spurious "mailbox full" errors.
>>
>> I think it's AOL's worldwide presence that makes them an attractive
>> ISP, with local dialups in virtually every city of consequence. They
>> certainly have their own goofy way of doing things, but for non-geeks
>> I recommend AOL without reservation.
>
>Oh, but I also recommend AOL, but only for those who use the Internet
>mainly for recreational purposes. For those who need mission critical
>Internet access, relying exclusively on AOL for email service is not a
>good idea.

Relying exclusively on any commercial provider for mission critical email
service is not a good idea. While AOL has had a few unfortunate major
outages, it is for the most part no worse than anyone else.

Thus far, everyone has been speculating as to what's causing this without
the necessary facts to do so. Pending the answer to my questions, it
could turn out to be a problem of the sender's, not the recipients'.
You're jumping to conclusions prematurely. Let's wait on that, okay?


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