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Time Warner Finds AOL Email Inadequate

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the so-easy-to-use dept.

DragonMagic writes "MSNBC.com carries this article describing the woes at many of Time Warner's companies after AOL's merger, where the internet giant tried to migrate them all to AOL's email services. From crashing software and attachment limits, to missing and misdirected mail, companies such as Time Magazine had to go so far as to have hard copies rushed before deadlines by cab! Plans are now to retreat from this forced migration and return to the services previously held by each company."

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  1. Ted Mail by C.+Mattix · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow. . and who would have thought that the "Ted Mail" commercial was true!

  2. In other news.... by bigbadwlf · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    CNN reports that "Hotmail crashes again - HA HA HA!!!"

  3. duh by smagoun · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Did someone actually think that this was a GOOD idea in the first place? Further proof that wearing a tie really does cut off circulation to your brain....

  4. Slashdot auto-rejects submissions? by Marx_Mrvelous · · Score: 2, Offtopic

    I do beleive that slashdot is setup to automatically reject posted stories from particular users, or maybe with certain things in the subject line. I guess it's how they handle the volume. So much for a personal touch.

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    Moderation: Put your hand inside the puppet head!
  5. such b.s. by mshurpik · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I recently lost my email account of two years because my cable provider was bought-up by another cable company. They gave me two weeks notice and then shut off the old email address. I wasn't able to get straight answers about forwarding, machine names, etc. - they just kept spamming me with the same dumb FAQ about re-configuring Outlook (who the f* uses outlook anyway? ;)

    If I had a choice, I would drop them on the spot. Long-term reliability is the GREATEST feature of any computer system, and they WILLINGLY screwed it up. Not for technical reasons, either - just to get their damn corporate name into my email address. And their bounce message doesn't even include the name of the new domain.

    How do you notify two years' worth of aquaintances that your email has changed, fix every mailing list, every web site account, etc? You can't. It's impossible.

    Oh well, someday people will learn to make more noise when this kind of b.s. happens. Making noise works. Try it.