On: Fri, Feb 03, 2006 at 04:37:13PM +0100,Eric Thomas Wrote:

} > MAY already be happening.  It was reported on another listowners list
} > that AOL tech support are telling people who call that it is a hoax.
} 
} If it were a hoax, AOL would already have issued a press release, and the
} news would not be linked from Goodmail's web site. But I do find it amusing
} that there are people at AOL who genuinely believe the news to be a hoax :-)

You are likely correct, which is why I put "may" in caps.

Its always been true that first line AOL support has little contact with
anyone who actually knows whats going on.

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