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Article #346Re: What AOL should say in the tos letters
From: Boltmom2000
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 05:31
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 05:31
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This has got to be one of the most honest posts I have ever read! LOL. That is exactly how they act. =) >From: nunya03267 >Dear sucker who gives us your money, > >Thank you for contacting America Online's Community Action Team concerning >junk >or "spam" e-mail. Please be assured America Online does not care if this type >of e-mail is sent or if anyone assists in its distribution. Please review our >Unsolicited Bulk E-mail Policy at Keyword Member Agreement . Where we have >taken the time to type a bunch of garbage for everyone to waste their time >reading. > >You can help by forwarding junk e-mails to AOL so that we can laugh over it >and >the fact that you are the target of it. If you receive an e-mail violation, >please forward it directly to the screen name TOSReports. Where it will be >read >and one of our form e-mails will be sent back to you (such as this one) AOL >members are subject to written warnings or even account termination. Which we >really don't do as we want everyones money, if you complain long enough >however >we will bribe you into staying with free months. > >If you are using the 8.0 version of AOL, you really are stupid and beyond >help. >Simply don't bother us with any of your "problems" we don't care and don't >want >to hear about it. > >Here at AOL we always filter the e-mail we view in our e-mail box. We may >choose to read mail from "Everyone," or only mail from e-mail addresses in >our >address book. Mail from "unknown senders" are collected in another folder, >so >we may view the mail at our leisure, or not at all, which is what we usually >do. > >If you are using the 7.0 or higher version of AOL, e-mail from the Internet >will be identified with a message that states, "Sent from the Internet >(Details)." Whatever you do, DON'T click on the Details hyperlink. We don't >want you finding out that there are much better ISP's out there. > >Keep in mind that the "headers" and the "from" and "to" information on the >Internet e-mail you receive can be manipulated to look as if the e-mail >originated from AOL, from a legitimate site on the Internet, or even as >though >your screen name sent the e-mail to itself. If "@aol.com" appears after your >screen name on the e-mail you receive, it was sent via the Internet, most >likely by someon who caught onto our rotten way of doing business and has >found >a way to make us look bad. > >America Online is working on many fronts -- both technological and legal -- >to >find even more ways to screw people like you and our other customers out of >their money. Currently AOL delivers almost 50 million pieces of e-mail each >day >to AOL members. Similar to this one in which we just give our usual answers >no >matter what the question is. Advances by AOL Technologies have enabled us to >screw 8-10 million people out of their monthly fee instead of going with a >cheaper, better ISP. > >America Online puts technological tools into the hands of the slightly >trained >monkeys who answer our phones. At Keyword Mail Controls they are now >learning >to block all e-mail's from our dissatisfied members, the monkeys are now >learning how to choose from several other options which are listed. If you >have >children who are receiving offensive spam e-mail be sure to visit Keyword >Parental Controls. This is however, a waste of your time. Kids have learned >how to get around any controls you set. Here at America Online we are trying >to keep that a secret. > >On the legal front, we're working to make our member agreement so vauge that >no >one will be able to understand it so our monkey's won't have to answer so >many >calls. We've gone so far as to have most of your calls answerd in forgien >countrys so that our members can't understand a thing that is said. The >Company >has successfully duped millions of people into wasting money on us. We'll >keep >up the legal pressure in the future. > >At Keyword MONKEY you will find the latest tips on how to get the most out of >your wasted phone calls to us, as well as updates on America Online's efforts >to train the monkeys less and less. > >If you have any comments or questions please go to Keyword TOS Questions. > > >Regards, >Turk >CAT monkey >America Online, Inc. > > > > > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10b5d6,70aeef11cca8a871 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b5d6,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-07 22:33:20 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!sn-xit-01!sn-xit-09!supernews.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!ngpeer.news.aol.com!audrey-m1.news.aol.com!not-for-mail Lines: 107 X-Admin: news@aol.com From: boltmom2000@aol.com (Boltmom2000) Newsgroups: creative.misc Date: 08 Sep 2003 05:31:13 GMT References: <20030907121708.22854.00000459@mb-m23.aol.com> Organization: AOL http://www.aol.com Subject: Re: What AOL should say in the tos letters Message-ID: <20030908013113.22079.00000949@mb-m04.aol.com>