[X4U] Emails incomplete

keith_w keith_w at dslextreme.com
Mon Oct 17 07:50:37 PDT 2005


T.L. Miller wrote:
> On 10/17/05, at 1:00 AM, Milton van der Veen,
> <miltonlist at hurontel.on.ca> said:
> 
> 
>>Yes, I get it from AOL users too.
>>
>>And why do all my AOL correspondents send me messages that contain so  
>>much excess text and so many email addresses? Is it AOL -- or is it a  
>>user problem?


> AOL makes e-mail difficult for its users. The biggest problem I notice
> is that when an AOLer responds. Almost invariably, they fail to include
> any part of the original message that will put their response in
> context. Oddly, they don't understand that answers without the questions
> make little sense.
> 
> Tom Miller

I think that's because most AOL-ers are "plug-and'play" folks, who rarely get 
deeper into their application. Most of them don't know about modifying the 
response email, they just answer and send, without regard for how it looks at 
the other end.
It's been so many years since I used AOL, does it even have a Preferences file 
folder?
It may never have occurred to the average user that they have a choice!

keith whaley


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