Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-17 Thread Bob Sullivan
So Christian, How do I contact AOL as a user. I got a AOL Priority email about some TOS violation on a user name my daughter hasn't used since before college. I can't figure if this is phishing or what, and AOL does a real good job of making themselves inaccessible. Regards, Bob S. On Thu, Dec 17

AOL - WAS: Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-17 Thread Christian
John Sessoms wrote: From: Bob Sullivan Sorry about that. I never understood AOL's business model. When they cut back on hosting web pages, I cut back from $29/month to $10/month. I can go to $0 when you leave. I find the interface is getting more cumbersome, and the time it takes to link to thei

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-17 Thread Christian
John Francis wrote: On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 04:40:30PM -0800, Joseph McAllister wrote: Since I have gotten no email addressed to me from anyone I know for several years through my email account at AOL, I am rescinding my right to that user name, as soon as someone from AOL pays attention to my

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Dec 16, 2009, at 17:41 , John Francis wrote: On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 04:40:30PM -0800, Joseph McAllister wrote: Since I have gotten no email addressed to me from anyone I know for several years through my email account at AOL, I am rescinding my right to that user name, as soon as someo

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread John Francis
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 04:40:30PM -0800, Joseph McAllister wrote: > > Since I have gotten no email addressed to me from anyone I know for > several years through my email account at AOL, I am rescinding my right > to that user name, as soon as someone from AOL pays attention to my > attempts t

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Dec 16, 2009, at 14:46 , Christian wrote: AOL still makes about $3 Billion a year off dial-up subscribers (what we call the access business). We are now no longer an advertising company as we were for a few years but now we are a "Content" company and we have a new service that assigns

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread John Sessoms
From: Bob Sullivan Sorry about that. I never understood AOL's business model. When they cut back on hosting web pages, I cut back from $29/month to $10/month. I can go to $0 when you leave. I find the interface is getting more cumbersome, and the time it takes to link to their web pages is often

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
As per earlier discussions here, off-shore services are often not what you expect from them. A large quick service restaurant moved their on-line help desk offshore. After many franchisee complaints, it moved back into the USA. And yes, the AOL pages can be slow. There are usually 7-9 headline page

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Christian
AOL still makes about $3 Billion a year off dial-up subscribers (what we call the access business). We are now no longer an advertising company as we were for a few years but now we are a "Content" company and we have a new service that assigns stories based on page views etc. I'm surprised t

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Bob Sullivan
Sorry about that. I never understood AOL's business model. When they cut back on hosting web pages, I cut back from $29/month to $10/month. I can go to $0 when you leave. I find the interface is getting more cumbersome, and the time it takes to link to their web pages is often long. This wasn't not

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread P. J. Alling
Christian wrote: Joseph McAllister wrote: FYI. I finally figured out how to stop the 30-50 unwanted emails a day I was having to trash in Mac Mail. I killed my AOL account. :( I probably won't have a job when I get back from Oz in January. 1,100 people took the voluntary separation pa

Re: OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Christian
Joseph McAllister wrote: FYI. I finally figured out how to stop the 30-50 unwanted emails a day I was having to trash in Mac Mail. I killed my AOL account. :( I probably won't have a job when I get back from Oz in January. 1,100 people took the voluntary separation package which leaves

OT - Re: Wow, someone in the Netherlands really wants to hack my web site!

2009-12-16 Thread Joseph McAllister
On Dec 16, 2009, at 09:13 , P. J. Alling wrote: Mark Roberts wrote: Someone at 94.102.49.76 (ecatel.net in the Netherlands) has trying to hack into my blog about 75 times a day... for the past month, at the very least! That in spite of getting a 403 "Forbidden" error every time (because I've wa