My mother has AOL and the only time they can even get on the thing is the early morning. Plus they pay for unlimited use, but get kicked off all the time. They have kept it only because with it, they can email my brother, who is in the Navy, when he is at sea. I told them "I" was able to email him with my little server. They are 'begining' to look at other servers, but my step-father will do nothing for a long time, then suddenly do something without telling my mother.
My mother has a hard time with some simple things such as 'favorites' and some other things. She was here one day and I was doing something that brought up a home page of an AOL email. It was there for just a second but it looked like the console of a jet--there were sooo many 'buttons' and such! I said ' no wonder!' and she agreed.
Dana
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----- Original Message ----- From: "David K. Kelmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Dana Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "Quad" <quad-list@eskimo.com>
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2005 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Keep getting AOL problems
Hi Dana,
I use Norton AntiVirus and Norton Firewall along with the Norton SystemWorks to keep my system running clean. I've never been infected while they were in place.
With Love,
CtrlAltDel aka Dave C4/5 Complete - 29 Years Post Texas, USA
Dana Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I pay $125 a year for a local provider that goes thru the local library--at
least that is where their offices are etc. When I first joined, way back
when screens were green, just email was free. As I upgraded and eventually
got windows 95, the provider offered Internet services for $100/yr. I have
been able to do anything I want with this local provider. They installed a
much better spam filter not long ago and it has helped a lot! I hope their
cost does not go up as it is paid in one lump sum each July.
I have Norton for my anti-virus and firewall, Adaware --which "really"
suprized me at all the stuff it found!!. So its up to you to 'protect' your
computer, but my local provider lets me go anywhere and do anything that I
am capable to do! The computer itself can do much more than I can, but the
provider does not hold me back at all!.
Dana
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Michaelson"
To: "Quad"
Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Keep getting AOL problems
Hehehe, glad it suits your needs Dan. :-) Just be careful.
Lori
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 04/23/05 13:23:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [QUAD-L] Keep getting AOL problems
Lori, I am not very computer savvy and before getting paralyzed had never
used a computer. After my accident I got AOL and pay $24 a month--I have had
them for almost 8 years now.I have thought of changing providers a few times
but some people tell me I had better not because some don't have e-mail
service and are not good for searching or looking up stuff on the net and so
on........the money for each provider can be quite different--- are the
services of all the different providers much different ? I am quite computer
dumb and don't use my computer for web site or that type of thing. ( Funny
my part time job is selling services by phone for a local computer service
and support company )
Dan
