AOL launches free Web mail service

pr0digal jenius · Jun 8, 2005, 07:10 PM

America Online introduced free Web-based e-mail service on Monday as part of the latest upgrade of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).

By offering an alternative to its fee-based e-mail service, AOL will compete with popular free Web mail services such as those offered by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, AOL also expanded its existing fee-based service to include unlimited storage, making it the first Web mail provider to do so.

In addition to such features as spam filters, anti-virus protection, and the ability to drag and drop messages into folders, the new AOL e-mail service offers 2G bytes of memory. This places it on a level similar to Google's Gmail, which sports 2.3G bytes of storage. Yahoo currently offers 1G byte of free storage and Microsoft's Hotmail offers 250M bytes.
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Source/Read More: Network World

pr0digal jenius · Jun 8, 2005, 07:10 PM

2 gigs of unsolicited viagra adds......

damn I love AOL!

yoda133113 · Jun 8, 2005, 07:22 PM

but why, it's not like there aren't enough free emails out there, do we really need another one. Given AOL's track record it's not like it's got a chance at being better than Gmail.

rssarma · Jun 8, 2005, 08:40 PM

Through personal experience I would recommend ppl to stay away as far as possible from AOL, they SUCK!

Necrosis · Jun 8, 2005, 08:59 PM

Well has any one actually tried it yet?

ChrisW · Jun 8, 2005, 09:15 PM

Lots of people block all AOL email since nobody takes AOL users seriously. This is obviously an attempt to get people to unblock AOL email.

yoda133113 · Jun 8, 2005, 09:25 PM

even if AOL does awesome, gmail is already better than all the rest, including IMO programs such as outlook, and thunderbird

EcPercy · Jun 8, 2005, 10:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yoda133113

even if AOL does awesome, gmail is already better than all the rest, including IMO programs such as outlook, and thunderbird

I agree with Gmail being great, but it cannot replace Thunderbird for accessing my "real" email accounts with my ISP. (And I don't use AOL)

Kittens · Jun 8, 2005, 11:07 PM

This seems like a very pathedic attempt on AOL's part.

ChrisW · Jun 8, 2005, 11:29 PM

You can check your GMail account with Outlook/Outlook express. They give you free POP3 access.

Jun 8, 2005, 07:10 PM	#1
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	AOL launches free Web mail service America Online introduced free Web-based e-mail service on Monday as part of the latest upgrade of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM). By offering an alternative to its fee-based e-mail service, AOL will compete with popular free Web mail services such as those offered by Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, AOL also expanded its existing fee-based service to include unlimited storage, making it the first Web mail provider to do so. In addition to such features as spam filters, anti-virus protection, and the ability to drag and drop messages into folders, the new AOL e-mail service offers 2G bytes of memory. This places it on a level similar to Google's Gmail, which sports 2.3G bytes of storage. Yahoo currently offers 1G byte of free storage and Microsoft's Hotmail offers 250M bytes. _____________ Source/Read More: Network World

Jun 8, 2005, 07:22 PM	#3
yoda133113 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0	but why, it's not like there aren't enough free emails out there, do we really need another one. Given AOL's track record it's not like it's got a chance at being better than Gmail. __________________ [color=Yellow]Guild Wars Character: Corrupted Bubbles[/color] "The muffin isn't picky, Timmy. Nor is it tasty! But it is powerful. All hail the muffin!" Cosmo, Fairly Odd Parents "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. He is not entitled to his own facts." Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan [color=Sienna]Gateway M680X P-M 750 1.86 GHz Alviso Mobility Radeon X700 128 MB 1 GB 400 MHz DDR2 60 GB 5400 RPM Hitachi HD QSI DVD+-RW DL 17" Widescreen [/color]

Jun 8, 2005, 09:25 PM	#7
yoda133113 DriverHeaven Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 309 Rep Power: 0	even if AOL does awesome, gmail is already better than all the rest, including IMO programs such as outlook, and thunderbird __________________ [color=Yellow]Guild Wars Character: Corrupted Bubbles[/color] "The muffin isn't picky, Timmy. Nor is it tasty! But it is powerful. All hail the muffin!" Cosmo, Fairly Odd Parents "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion. He is not entitled to his own facts." Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan [color=Sienna]Gateway M680X P-M 750 1.86 GHz Alviso Mobility Radeon X700 128 MB 1 GB 400 MHz DDR2 60 GB 5400 RPM Hitachi HD QSI DVD+-RW DL 17" Widescreen [/color]

Jun 8, 2005, 07:10 PM	Thread Starter #2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	2 gigs of unsolicited viagra adds...... damn I love AOL!

Jun 8, 2005, 08:40 PM	#4
rssarma DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 8 Rep Power: 0	Through personal experience I would recommend ppl to stay away as far as possible from AOL, they SUCK!

Jun 8, 2005, 08:59 PM	#5
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 129 System Specs	Well has any one actually tried it yet?

Jun 8, 2005, 09:15 PM	#6
ChrisW DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 332 Rep Power: 0	Lots of people block all AOL email since nobody takes AOL users seriously. This is obviously an attempt to get people to unblock AOL email.

Jun 8, 2005, 11:07 PM	#9
Kittens DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Roswell, NM, USA Posts: 57 Rep Power: 0	This seems like a very pathedic attempt on AOL's part.

Jun 8, 2005, 11:29 PM	#10
ChrisW DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 332 Rep Power: 0	You can check your GMail account with Outlook/Outlook express. They give you free POP3 access.