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AOL Will Not Support Sender-ID
DominoTree writes "America Online said Thursday that it will not support the Microsoft-backed antispam technology called Sender-ID. The online giant cited 'lackluster' industry support and compatibility issues with the anti-spam technology SPF that AOL supports."
Who uses AOL to make this worth it? I wouldn't mind seeing AOL be a spam magnet. Why? I don't use it, morons do. If you won't get a decent ISP or email, I think you bring spam upon yourself.
I am intolerant of people who support restrictive technologies, because they'll aid the lazy.
I'm probably at the karma cap. Mod up a funny troll instead, it lightens the mood
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Fuck AOL
and
fuck
U!
Refreshing change.
I mean, really.
In soviet russia, AOL gets you!
*ducks*
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
In soviet russia it*** gets AOL.
*** It being any magazine, computer, coaster, box set, etc that can possible have the software bundled with it.
Karma: Chameleon (mostly due to the fact that you come and go).
AOL gets it all right....in japan!
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Every day you guys bitch and moan about how horrible and awful spam is, then Microsoft comes along with the perfect solution, and you all put it down like it's a bad infection or something.
Can Microsoft ever win here? Are they always evil no matter what they do?
Sender-ID would work. So what if they patented it? MS has tons of patens and they've never used any of them to the detriment of the community at large, so why the fear they'll start doing so now? Do you honestly believe thay'd start charging royalties on every email sent or something crazy like that? Get real.
It's unfortunate that because of a bunch immature people with an ideology, a great piece of technology like this will get passed up and the spam will continue to flow unabated.
You don't need to make fun of AOL, they do it to themselves...
Plus AOL users take it personally and I don't want a crazed redneck chasing me with a shotgun.
If I point out that you are incorrect, making me a foe does not make you any more correct.
Is it REALLY a lot of new customers these days? What with all those free coasters and all, I really don't think the desktop icon means that much. There must be something else.
Like browser mods and and the fact that as we all know, (at least if you know ANYTHING about Windows API and Windows app development), all things in Windows including the browser and the file navigator, they are all "windows". Even Outlook is a "window". If AOL wants to integrate into Windows (which 99% or more of ALL AOL customers use) seamlessly, they HAVE to use IE.
"Who are in control, they are not in control of anything - they don't even control themselves!" - Glen Beck