AOL Spamfilters and 8.0 and The Lost Ian E-Mail - Yo Tim!

OK, listen up and gather round the campfire for the benefit of what I've
gleaned from 5 months or so of 8.0. Don't ask if any of it's been checked by
AOL, it hasn't.This is all just what I figgered on my own and FWIW.

Whether or not you have made Spam filter choices, etc., a certain amount of the
Internet puss is still being diverted to an on line (read "web") AOL mailbox
via default settings that are hardwired to collect certain crap (see thread of
a couple months back, where Bigg Fredd and I went at it).

OK (authorized by virtue of being received before, but not neccessarily in my
address book) Yahoo and Hotmail addys that used to get through to my 4.0 AOL
just fine, are now "occasionally" but not always, getting jammed in the web
mailbox. So the consistency isn't great. OTOH, anyone in my address book is
getting through fine, but BFD, right?

So..........If you open your regular AOL mailbox (in the browser), you will see
a box at top left that says Mail Options. If you drop it down and click Check
Other Mail, it will take you to aol.com at the mailbox login. Enter and you'll
see your web mailbox with an extra tab on it marked Saved Mail. Not at all sure
what that's about yet, as it has combined within it, crap that I both saved
"and" deleted on my browser mailbox. Very strange.

Anyways, down below the mailbox you'll see blue hotlinks that say (from L-R)
Spam Folder (# of e-mails within), Spam Controls and Recently Deleted mail
which really is some of the stuff you did delete and other.

Playing around for a couple days will give you an idea what's going on. But an
e-mail to AOL Tech Support with a simple question, still yields 7 responses; 3
virtually identical boilerplate and 4 that thought outside the box and musta
responded out of view of Big AOL Brudda, cuz they actually had some good info.

Ian's e-mail is in this web based cluster somewhere Tim. Don't worry. Nothing's
gonna bite you if you try this. I don't know how this whole spam filter thing
is going to pan out, but for now my mails are hitting their target and other
than one OK Hotmail getting netted and retained, all outside ones are getting
in to me.

This web based vs browser dual mailbox thing is a royal PITA though. I don't
like checking 5 mailboxes and/or tabs/links to see what I could have missed.

Maybe it's time to make the leap to Juno.......bwahahaha.

Always here for my fellow syngraphist or oenophile.
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This web based vs browser dual mailbox thing is a royal PITA though. I don't
like checking 5 mailboxes and/or tabs/links to see what I could have missed.

Maybe it's time to make the leap to Juno.......bwahahaha.


*IF* you decide to upgrade to 9.0, the spam filter box and controls are part of
the normal AOL mailbox now. No need to jump out to the webmail.

Robert Shaw
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Does olive oil really help with corroded coins? Check out my experiment at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~robe294/o...xperiment.html

(BobbyShaw) wrote:

*IF* you decide to upgrade to 9.0, the spam filter box and controls
are part of the normal AOL mailbox now. No need to jump out to
the webmail.

As I logged on earlier there was an announcement stating that the "controls"
are now part of versions 6.0 through 9.0. However, the "spam folder" must be
accessed via the web for versions prior to 9.0.

Interestingly, the "spam folder" appears in a "pop-up" window and my Netscape
pop-up blocker kills it. I have to either turn off my Netscape (7.01) pop-up
blocker to view it or set it's filter to allow pop-ups from AOL.



++++++++++
Phil DeMayo - always here for my fellow Stooge
When bidding online always sit on your helmet
Just say NO to counterfeits

(BobbyShaw) wrote in message ...
This web based vs browser dual mailbox thing is a royal PITA though. I don't
like checking 5 mailboxes and/or tabs/links to see what I could have missed.

Maybe it's time to make the leap to Juno.......bwahahaha.


*IF* you decide to upgrade to 9.0, the spam filter box and controls are part of
the normal AOL mailbox now. No need to jump out to the webmail.

Robert Shaw


I heard that 9.0 is blocking any mail with an attachment. Is that true?

I heard that 9.0 is blocking any mail with an attachment. Is that true?



Nope, not true. I send files back and forth to myself between my work and AOL
accounts. And, UNFORTUNATELY, still have a few friends that send the
infinitely forwarded crap -- "Hey! Check this out, it's funny!!!" They always
come in ok.

Robert Shaw
--
Does olive oil really help with corroded coins? Check out my experiment at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~robe294/o...xperiment.html

You can set it up to block attachments in your mail controls, but by default
it does not do this. if it is, it is because either you or the master
account set it this way.

I think the new spam filters work pretty well. I do wish they had not
changed the font sizes and layout inside the filing cabinet though. I
really dislike the new way it is.

"BobbyShaw" wrote in message
...


I heard that 9.0 is blocking any mail with an attachment. Is that true?



Nope, not true. I send files back and forth to myself between my work and
AOL
accounts. And, UNFORTUNATELY, still have a few friends that send the
infinitely forwarded crap -- "Hey! Check this out, it's funny!!!" They
always
come in ok.

Robert Shaw
--
Does olive oil really help with corroded coins? Check out my experiment
at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~robe294/o...xperiment.html

I think the new spam filters work pretty well. I do wish they had not
changed the font sizes and layout inside the filing cabinet though. I
really dislike the new way it is.


One of the most annoying things I've found about the new mail format is, it
won't let you copy and paste e-mail addresses off the e-mail headers! I needed
to do this when I was keeping track of the holiday swap notices... copying the
e-mail addresses into a spreadsheet, and the only way I could do that was to go
through 4 steps steps (click on the senders name, click the "send mail" button,
copy the e-mail address off the new e-mail page, and then close that e-mail
without sending). VERY annoying!
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Does olive oil really help with corroded coins? Check out my experiment at:
http://www.mindspring.com/~robe294/o...xperiment.html