RE: [cobalt-users] Re: [Cobalt] SMTP vs. AOL

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>
> are you saying that I should be required by law to allow you to run smtp
> through my dialup accounts?
>
> I don't think so.

At this late date, I don't recall what I was replying to.
I think my point was AOL only wants you to be captured by *their* software.
I wouldn't have a problem if their software allowed normal SMTP mail, or at
least allowed their customers to specify a different reply-to address. Every
other ISP at least allows you to choose your email client. AOL forces
customers to be trapped within the AOL window and even breaks functions of
their version of the IE browser to do so. Try using your IE browser through
AOL. You'll get signed off after, (I think), 45 minutes. If you use the AOL
IE browser, no problem. I could hear the outcries if MSN did the same thing
to anyone using their Netscape browser when signed on to MSN.

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Dan Kriwitsky