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Re: What AOL should say in the tos letters

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From: Boltmom2000
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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From: boltmom2000@aol.com (Boltmom2000)
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Date: 08 Sep 2003 05:31:13 GMT
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Subject: Re: What AOL should say in the tos letters
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