AOL :
America Off
Line : pronounced (hEY-Oh-Well)
A service designed to confuse new internet users and
hamper all standards based communications. AOL was often associated [by
people receiving their bills] in the early 90's with the phrase "You've been
nailed", in the later 90's when flat rate pricing finally took hold of the
monolith the phrase was changed to "You've got mail". That
mail, while mostly comprised of SPAM and Postmaster messages, is a
little like internet e-mail. AOL is also a slang acronym for busy signals,
disconnected lines, unwanted advertisements, slow service, and free diskettes in
the mail.
Who cares what they did to AOL this time. I
have started telling people why they should discontinue the service. I can
not believe that they have the nerve to testify that Microsoft should be
stopped... I just started telling people... call them[AOL], if they
can't fix it I can give you the number of a faster and cheaper
service. The great thing is two out of three already said well than why
would I want to even call them[AOL]? Now that is music to my ears!
Listening Steve Case? Your customers are!
-V
----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Stull <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 7:51
AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] AOL Log
in
> started using some kind of round robin IP proxy so that the
> IP changed on every header. That was the reason for the "AOL"
> patch and the ability to "Ignore source address in security
> check". What they've done to break it lately, I don't know.
>
> Bo
>
> ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> From: "## Dusty Carden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 18:59:39 -0500
>
> >Thanks for the in-sight on this -V. Maybe I will get a chance to install
> >AOL on one of these boxes and see if I can figure out what it is doing.
> >Anyone else know anything about AOL software? Other than the fact it
> >really messes up a good connection?
> >
> >Dusty
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Vaughn Thurman
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 9:39 AM
> > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] AOL Log in
> >
> >
> > AOL [now] auto-configures their browser to use server based caching or http-proxy. All outbound web requests go to the cache device on port 80. That does not do well with non-standard ports, especially if they are using "netCache" boxes. They are header killers. Http headers check in but they don't check out! The IE browser is not configured automatically to go through the HTTP-Proxy and so you get to do straight IP. I have not figured out yet if there is a way to disable HTTP-Proxying in the AOL browser... Seems like a new function as my older AOL users are not running into this.
> > -V
> >
>
>
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> R. Stull
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> C++ code demolitions expert
> Ipswitch, Inc.
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