Well, my primary access to the internet is via AOL and I've come to love and MOSTLY HATE it.
What I hate most, is that when my mailbox reaches 1000 emails, it shuts down. Stops. Ain't nothing going to to be accessible to me in any way, shape or form.
My husband doesn't understand why I would keep 700+ emails. Well . . . I might need them. There are wonderful messages, there are messages I want to go back to because they contain useful information. There are links I might need to link to at another time.
I've only hit the limit once, and it was a painful day or so. But I seem to hover at the 900+ mark most of the time. Why do I need these messages? Why can't I chuck them?
I don't know. They are important and I want to keep them.
I think AOL should give us a bigger in-box.
Will that happen? Probably not. So there--AOL -- spit!
And what's bugging YOU today?
I have the same problems, both with AOL and not deleting emails. Last time my mailbox filled up was while I was at Bouchercon in Indianapolis. My son called to tell me when something he sent me bounced. Not much I could do about it at that point, though.
ReplyDeleteI gave up AOL (sort of), not because I hated it, but because my account got hacked a couple of times and AOL wouldn't lift a finger to help me get control back. I still have my account, though, and I do check it from time to time, but that's not why I'm commenting.
ReplyDeleteI've kept thousands -- tens of thousands -- of emails without a problem. I always saved them automatically. My actual "inbox" never reached 1,000, but I made sure to keep old emails in my Saved Mail folder. Plus I had other subfolders. Whenever I went to open the Saved Mail folder it would ask if I wanted to sort it because sorting 23,000 emails could take a while. Always hit "no."
Anyway, you can have your emails and save them too. Just put them all in the saved folder for later. Works like a charm. Another reason to love AOL. I do miss its ease of use...
Julie