"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
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On 8 Sep 2005 08:53:22 -0700, "peter" wrote:

You could try a proper newsreader, instead of using Google?

Not if your employer blocks port 119 at the firewall

Or if you're on AOL, which has decided no-one uses news so they're
doing everyone a favour by turning off the news server.

You're right, AOL are doing everyone a favour. They are persuading their
customers to sign up with a proper ISP that offers a comprehensive service.

For no reason that I can discern, they block all my emails. No other ISP
does. Funny that.

--
Brian
"Anyway, if you have been, thanks for listening."

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:01:37 +0100, "Brian Watson"
wrote:

You're right, AOL are doing everyone a favour. They are persuading their
customers to sign up with a proper ISP that offers a comprehensive service.

Unless things have changed very recently however, they remain one of
the few providers who offer an uncapped broadband service at a popular
price-point. A haven for p2p downloaders.

On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:45:47 +0100, Laurence Payne
wrote:

Unless things have changed very recently however, they remain one of
the few providers who offer an uncapped broadband service at a popular
price-point.

That their service is cheaper is not a surprise, as it is of cheaper
quality than a decent ISP.

Neil

--
Neil Williams in Milton Keynes, UK
When replying please use neil at the above domain
'wensleydale' is a spam trap and is not read.

"Laurence Payne" wrote in message
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On Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:01:37 +0100, "Brian Watson"
wrote:

You're right, AOL are doing everyone a favour. They are persuading their
customers to sign up with a proper ISP that offers a comprehensive
service.

Unless things have changed very recently however, they remain one of
the few providers who offer an uncapped broadband service at a popular
price-point. A haven for p2p downloaders.

Blueyonder, if you can get it, beats the pants off AOL now. They're
upgrading 2 and 4 meg services to 10 meg, at £35 a month. Uncapped,
unblocked, unlimited.

Brian Watson wrote:

For no reason that I can discern, they block all my emails. No other ISP
does. Funny that.

Do you mean they block emails from you send to AOL recipients?
If so it's probably because you're sending from a mail server with no
reverse DNS set up.