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    Orca Whisperer n2ize's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by W3WN View Post
    I've had the verizon email addresses prior to us buying the house... close to 14 years. So I'm going to keep them, just because so many things over the years are tied to them.

    That said, I'm also looking at alternatives. If I can find something I like (and I will look into QTH.COM amongst others), I'll switch my "primary" email to that, and just keep the Verizon emails for bills, notices, and things like that.
    Yep, I'm going to do something along those same lines,
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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    I got the notice for one email address yesterday, and another notice for another address today. Both have now been converted over to AOL, while keeping the "verizon.net" addresses.

    My only hope is that AOL's spam filters actually work. Verizon's never did.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KJ3N View Post
    My only hope is that AOL's spam filters actually work. Verizon's never did.
    Day 2 after the switch and still zero spam via Thunderbird. If I go to the web interface (which I rarely do), I can see the spam folder filling up, but it doesn't get passed on to my email client.

    Verizon's spam filtering had to have been turned off (more likely never implemented) from the beginning. Fuckers...
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    The scary thing is I've got an old Yahoo account (unused)... and apparently they sold their mail operation to Verizon... which means Yahoo mail is now AOL mail.

    Shiver.
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    Quote Originally Posted by KD8TUT View Post
    which means Yahoo mail is now AOL mail.
    well, yeah and no ... Yahoo! mail isn't going to be hosted on the AOL mail platform. is this a good thing? who can say ...
    "... and another thing about you democrats ... you all believe in science!" -- denny crane

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    Quote Originally Posted by n6hcm View Post
    well, yeah and no ... Yahoo! mail isn't going to be hosted on the AOL mail platform. is this a good thing? who can say ...
    People rag on AOL but it's more secure than Yahoo!. More secure by leaps and bounds. Outlook.com is top notch for a free email account. It would be pretty damn good even if it was a pay service.

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    I think I am going to keep my present verizon email accounts as is, regardless of whether they are hosted on AOL. Then I'll gradually switch to new email provider(s) on my own time,
    I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.

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