Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread Jim Hall
From: Jim Hall While AOL and Yahoo are interesting topics, they aren't related to FreeDOS. We seem to be on a tangent, here. Can this discussion get moved off the FreeDOS list? -- Check out the vibrant tech community on

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread Thomas Mueller
From: "Thomas Mueller" from dmccunney: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How busy are those eCS lists on Yahoogroups? > Note that Verizon has acquired Yahoo and plans to rebrand it. It > already owned AOL. It has informed Verizon email users that Verizon > will no l

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread Karen Lewellen
From: Karen Lewellen All I can contribute to this discussion is that yahoogroups, many of them, still exist. I am a member of several getting posts from them each day. However, I do not subscribe using either a yahoo or aol e-mail, and never had one from Verizon. those I know with yahoo e-mails

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread Felix Miata
From: Felix Miata dmccunney composed on 2017-04-25 22:29 (UTC-0400): > Verizon may keep Yahoo Groups active (but change the name as part of > the re-branding.) I hope it continues. A lot of useful help groups and archives will disappear if it does not. Before it became yahoogroups in 2001 it w

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread dmccunney
From: dmccunney On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > I have some @bellsouth.net inboxes/accounts from my days with bellsouth.net . > > I also have an AOL free email account. > > So I wonder how these will be affected. They shouldn't be affected at all. Bell South is not

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread dmccunney
From: dmccunney On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > All I can contribute to this discussion is that yahoogroups, many of them, > still exist. I am a member of several getting posts from them each day. I'm on several myself. The question is how long they will *continue* to

[Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-05-06 Thread dmccunney
From: dmccunney On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How busy are those eCS lists on Yahoogroups? Note that Verizon has acquired Yahoo and plans to rebrand it. It already owned AOL. It has informed Verizon email users that Verizon will no longer provide email services, an

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-26 Thread Jim Hall
While AOL and Yahoo are interesting topics, they aren't related to FreeDOS. We seem to be on a tangent, here. Can this discussion get moved off the FreeDOS list? -- Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-26 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:36 PM, Felix Miata wrote: > dmccunney composed on 2017-04-25 22:29 (UTC-0400): > >> Verizon may keep Yahoo Groups active (but change the name as part of >> the re-branding.) > > I hope it continues. A lot of useful help groups and archives will disappear > if > it does

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-26 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:59 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > > I have some @bellsouth.net inboxes/accounts from my days with bellsouth.net . > > I also have an AOL free email account. > > So I wonder how these will be affected. They shouldn't be affected at all. Bell South is not part of Verizon. I

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-25 Thread Thomas Mueller
from dmccunney: > On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How busy are those eCS lists on Yahoogroups? > Note that Verizon has acquired Yahoo and plans to rebrand it. It > already owned AOL. It has informed Verizon email users that Verizon > will no longer provide email servi

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-25 Thread Felix Miata
dmccunney composed on 2017-04-25 22:29 (UTC-0400): > Verizon may keep Yahoo Groups active (but change the name as part of > the re-branding.) I hope it continues. A lot of useful help groups and archives will disappear if it does not. Before it became yahoogroups in 2001 it was eGroups, which II

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-25 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 9:54 PM, Karen Lewellen wrote: > All I can contribute to this discussion is that yahoogroups, many of them, > still exist. I am a member of several getting posts from them each day. I'm on several myself. The question is how long they will *continue* to exist. > However

Re: [Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-25 Thread Karen Lewellen
All I can contribute to this discussion is that yahoogroups, many of them, still exist. I am a member of several getting posts from them each day. However, I do not subscribe using either a yahoo or aol e-mail, and never had one from Verizon. those I know with yahoo e-mails began changing after

[Freedos-user] A few words about AOL and Yahoo

2017-04-25 Thread dmccunney
On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 5:04 PM, Thomas Mueller wrote: > How busy are those eCS lists on Yahoogroups? Note that Verizon has acquired Yahoo and plans to rebrand it. It already owned AOL. It has informed Verizon email users that Verizon will no longer provide email services, and that they should