Good Fucking Grief... AOL does it again.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-24 01:16am

Slashdot: AOL Bans Mail from DSL-hosted Servers

I wonder if they're also blocking mail from DSL *provider* servers, because there's a number of people on AOL who have not been able to get my E-mails.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 01:21am

I have come to the conclusion that AOhelL is run by a bunch of monkeys sitting a type writers. Every now and then, a series of legible words come from those monkeys, and some handler jumbles them together to make the policies of the system.

DOWN WITH AOL!!!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-24 01:23am

But this is directed evil. I don't think anything as random as monkeys can come up with this.

Crayz9000 · Post by **Crayz9000** » 2003-04-24 01:24am

If you want more info, here is a link to RFCIgnorant.org's posting of the AOL response message.

Those dumbasses at AOL really *do* think they can trample all over established RFCs, don't they?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 01:24am

neoolong wrote:But this is directed evil. I don't think anything as random as monkeys can come up with this.

Good point...

Maybe well trained monkeys with years of practice from flininging their feces?

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-04-24 01:35am

Of all the moronic things for them to do....

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-04-24 01:43am

Nathan F wrote:I have come to the conclusion that AOhelL is run by a bunch of monkeys sitting a type writers. Every now and then, a series of legible words come from those monkeys, and some handler jumbles them together to make the policies of the system.

DOWN WITH AOL!!!

YeS! fuck ted turner!

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2003-04-24 01:47am

Ah yes, AOL's typical idiocy. Can't those fuckers just die and/or make a fucking respectable ISP?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-04-24 01:57am

AOL fucks up the whole Internet. Their goddamned rotating proxy servers pay havoc with any kind of IP-based session authentication scheme, their E-mail service does not support auto-forwarding because they don't want you accessing mail on an AOL account unless you go through their software, etc. They don't give a shit about Internet standards, because at heart, they're still just an overgrown dial-up BBS.

Vertigo1 · Post by **Vertigo1** » 2003-04-24 02:01am

Mike: Don't forget that .aol standard they tried to have implimented.....

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-04-24 02:35am

http://www.aolsucks.com

It's actually www.aolsucks.org- Vympel

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2003-04-24 02:35am

Well, this explains why people registering on my forums with AOL accounts have had their registration emails bounce......*Sighs*

Post by **Gandalf** » 2003-04-24 03:55am

I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-24 05:39am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:http://www.aolsucks.com

My sentiments exactly.

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-24 06:18am

Nathan F wrote:I have come to the conclusion that AOhelL is run by a bunch of monkeys sitting a type writers. Every now and then, a series of legible words come from those monkeys, and some handler jumbles them together to make the policies of the system.

DOWN WITH AOL!!!

Funny....

I came to the same conclusion while I was working for them..........

Kamakazie Sith · Post by **Kamakazie Sith** » 2003-04-24 06:22am

Gandalf wrote:I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.

Sriad · Post by **Sriad** » 2003-04-24 11:29am

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.

Yea, especially when AOL used to charge an hourly rate for time online...

I'll never go back! You hear me?!

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2003-04-24 11:34am

That's great news from AOL. If this causes just one AOL subscriber to switch, then that's a good thing.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2003-04-24 01:31pm

Canadians are lucky. They don't have to use AOL. Luckily, I don't have to either. The only good thing they do is give you those free firsbees in the mail.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 01:37pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Nathan F wrote:I have come to the conclusion that AOhelL is run by a bunch of monkeys sitting a type writers. Every now and then, a series of legible words come from those monkeys, and some handler jumbles them together to make the policies of the system.

DOWN WITH AOL!!!
Funny....

I came to the same conclusion while I was working for them..........

You poor person... Having to work for the great evil one...

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 01:38pm

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Canadians are lucky. They don't have to use AOL. Luckily, I don't have to either. The only good thing they do is give you those free firsbees in the mail.

They are fun to watch when a .30 caliber hollow point bullet is propelled at high speeds by my Winchester towards them...

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-04-24 01:39pm

Kamakazie Sith wrote:
Gandalf wrote:I used to be with AOL, between myself and my sister we spent about 5-8 hours online every day, anyway, one day, we get a letter from AOL saying were now limited to 40 minutes online every day, we made a nice angry call and 40 minutes later I had a new ISP.

Sounds like a fake letter.....but I could be wrong. I just can't imagine why AOL would do that.....

I mean in my 3 years of working at AOL we never sent any letters like that, in fact we were told to encourage people to come online.

Actually, I do know a guy who has had a 3 hour limit per day put on him...

Einhander Sn0m4n · Post by **Einhander Sn0m4n** » 2003-04-24 01:43pm

Nathan F wrote:
Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi wrote:Canadians are lucky. They don't have to use AOL. Luckily, I don't have to either. The only good thing they do is give you those free firsbees in the mail.
They are fun to watch when a .30 caliber hollow point bullet is propelled at high speeds by my Winchester towards them...

Why hollowpoints? An FMJ will be just as effective on that type of target, and cost much less. And if you say that HPs are cheap over there, I'm gonna bonk you over the noggin with the butt of my rifle

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-24 01:47pm

More specifically, they're blocking anyone on a DHCP lease, even static leases, so this affects certain cable users as well.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-04-24 01:47pm

aphexmonster wrote:
Nathan F wrote:I have come to the conclusion that AOhelL is run by a bunch of monkeys sitting a type writers. Every now and then, a series of legible words come from those monkeys, and some handler jumbles them together to make the policies of the system.

DOWN WITH AOL!!!
YeS! fuck ted turner!

Ted Turner has little to do with the operations of AOL-Time Warner.