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AOL Plans to Offer Free Webmail

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the you've-got-korean-spam dept.

UltimaGuy writes "AOL plans to offer a free webmail service to compete directly with Yahoo, Hotmail and Gmail. Does this mean AOL is trying to become something which it is not?"

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  1. Oooh! Free webmail! by Xpilot · · Score: 4, Funny

    Wow, wouldn't you love to have a free webmail address with the AOL brandname attached to it, so you can email your friends with? Nothing says class, prestige and superior social status like a free webmail AOL address! Where do I sign up?

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    "Backups are for wimps. Real men upload their data to an FTP site and have everyone else mirror it." -- Linus Torvalds
    1. Re:Oooh! Free webmail! by klang · · Score: 2, Funny

      ..oh, for this one you can't just sign up, you have to be "Invited" by somebody else!

  2. Uh... by empee · · Score: 5, Funny

    Uh, so I can get a webmail account on a domain where there are already 20million+ usernames taken?

    Great! I get to be Mike86554319234@aol.com.

    1. Re:Uh... by Mike86554319233 · · Score: 5, Funny

      You insensitive clod!

  3. Article Short on Features by CMiYC · · Score: 2, Funny

    So what innovative features will AOL WebMail Support?

    1) Advanced URL that allows you to access your email from any computer in the world! No extra software required (*).

    2) Up to and over 100 Megabytes of Lightening Fast Mail Storage! (again, no real details in article)

    3) Your own personal email address, which is yours and yours alone. Allowing your friends and family to easily remember it and send you email!

    4) Super-duper spam blocker. Prevents 90% of the email originating from AOL from leaving AOL! (this WAS discussed in the article)

    5) Weekly AOL spam with software attachments. The ZIP file will be a nicely decorated tin.

  4. AOL Mail Invites by jamesbuko · · Score: 4, Funny

    Ok who wants AOL Mail Invites?...I have 6 to give out...

  5. Why not a NewPod? by AtariAmarok · · Score: 2, Funny
    "The awesome thing about the Newton was its hilariously bad handwriting recognition"

    Why not a device that combines the best features of the Newton and the iPod?

    You put in your Pink Floyd AAC files, and listen in the little white headphones: "We bone need oh education. Flea don't bead no cough control"....

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    Don't blame Durga. I voted for Centauri.
  6. Innovation by unixfun · · Score: 2, Funny

    I can hear it now -- AOL's innovative feature that separates it from the rest is..... "You've got Webmail!". Groan....

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