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AOL Mail To Be Accessible Via IMAP

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the move-in-right-direction dept.

jfruhlinger writes "News.com.com is reporting that AOL's e-mail service, long accessible only via AOL's proprietary, monolithic app, will be available via IMAP starting Thursday. The story notes that this is part of a series of initiatives from AOL to move content beyond its walled garden and into standards-based formats such as HTML and IMAP that any Internet app can access. Supposedly a 'a dramatically different direction' for Netscape is in the works, too."

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  1. Re:Wish AIM were next by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    you're trolling, but I'll bite...

    For Windows AIM clients there is nothing better than AOL's version. GAIM blows hard on W32. GAIM on Linux was ok when I used to use it but it doesn't compare to the W32 AOL client.

    No one I know uses MSN or Y!. 100% of everyone uses AIM so I really don't understand how you figure that MSN and Y! are better. That's like saying, "well, in the past ICQ was better, just no one used it because it had TOO much functionality."

    Don't be a moron.

  2. Another Important question... by spellraiser · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    What does AOL's IMAP stand for? Bet you said Internet Message Access Protocol, right?

    Wrong! It actually stands for Internet Mob of Asinine People. Just wanted to clear that one up ...

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    I hear there's rumors on the Slashdots
  3. Oops, brain injects editorial content into writeup by xinot · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Did anyone else read:

    ...AOL's e-mail service, long accessible only via AOL's proprietary, monolithic app...

    as

    ...AOL's e-mail service, long accessible only via AOL's proprietary, monolithic crap...

    ?
  4. Just imagine the typical AOL user.... by Maarek_1 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ...trying to set up their email client to retrieve from an IMAP server..... where I work (Tech Support for Hardware company) it takes the average AOL user (we collect email addresses) 15 - 20 mins to understand the concept of drag and drop...... I pitty their Tech Support agents, cause you know the early adopters of this service are going to just Pwn their systems up. The horror, the horror...