Re: Yahoo!

Amy Terlaga (aterlaga@www.biblio.org)
Thu, 18 Dec 1997 16:07:09 -0500

Date: Thu, 18 Dec 1997 16:07:09 -0500
Message-Id: <1.5.4.32.19971218211955.013e27b0@www.biblio.org>
From: Amy Terlaga <aterlaga@www.biblio.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list <conntech>
Subject: Re:  Yahoo!

Okay, not bad.

Apparently only three users with telnet difficulties over the past 6 months
or so were AOL users, based on my email files.  (At least only three
bothered to contact me.  So much for that one AOL user/week statistic I
obviously exaggerated.)

My conscience can rest easy now.

Thanks again, Isabel.  I may add this info to our webpage.  The only
question I get from our web page is "Why won't telnet work?"  It was such a
popular question, I had to add a link explaining web browser setup options.

Amy

At 03:43 PM 12/18/97 -0500, Isabel  Danforth wrote:
>There is an AOL FAQ out there that tells folks how to telnet.  I think that
>they might be able to use a separate telnet client.
>
>I found this site with instructions on 'how to do it', but I believe that
>AOL will supply the information to its customers.
>
>http://www.taascforce.com/aolfaq.htm
>
>Isabel
>
>
>At 03:20 PM 12/18/97 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hmmm....
>>
>>I've heard AOL Users aren't allowed to telnet, I'm guessing for security
>>reasons.  (We have telnet links on our web page and I get roughly an
>>email/week from AOL users wondering why it won't work for them.)
>>
>>So maybe there are restrictions on third party email use, as well.  Not sure
>>how they'd block it, though.
>>
>>Anybody?
>>
>>Anybody?
>>
>>Anybody?
>>(My tribute to Ben Stein.)
>>
>>Amy
>>
>> At 03:02 PM 12/18/97 -0500, LearMOak wrote:
>>>I tried to sign on to Yahoo's free email a while back, and I filled out all
>>>the relevant forms, and then for some reason I can't recall now, I
>couldn't do
>>>it after all. Maybe it was because I use America Online?
>>>
>>>Margaret Leary
>>>Groton Public Library
>>>
>>>
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>danforth@tiac.net     Coordinator of Librarians' Online Support Team
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Bibliomation, Inc.
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(203) 378-8700
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