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Dan Ken

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8. If you think AOL keeps your privacy, think again

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #7)

Wed Apr 17, 2013, 09:42 PM

Apr 2013

They send you travel info if you mention Italy or Spain or California in your email to someone. They do what Google does.

I really doubt AOL allows you 10 GB of storage of pictures and videos and 50 page reports. I used to try to find pictures someone sent me 4 years earlier on AOL, and AOL said "no longer available"...

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Any preference for free email providers? Google? Yahoo? Hotmail? ?? ?? [View all] progressoid Apr 2013 OP

Opera Mail TygrBright Apr 2013 #1

I have had five or six aol accounts---dating waaaaaay back to the stone age...LOL hlthe2b Apr 2013 #2

AOL has distinct weaknesses. Won't let you save thousands of emails. Dan Ken Apr 2013 #4

Really? I have >12 year old emails hlthe2b Apr 2013 #7

If you think AOL keeps your privacy, think again Dan Ken Apr 2013 #8

So you know bettter than I--the person who has had an account for 20 years? hlthe2b Apr 2013 #10

Yes, gmail is the best one I've had so far. Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #9

I love gmail, but... AgingAmerican Apr 2013 #12

I don't get any of that ... Fantastic Anarchist Apr 2013 #13

I love Gmail personally steve2470 Apr 2013 #3

I use gmail for online actvities,stuff I don't mind anyone seeing dixiegrrrrl Apr 2013 #5

i have one of each of the above.. Phillip McCleod Apr 2013 #6

I was an early adopter to Gmail and still love it gejohnston Apr 2013 #11

I've heard good things about outlook.com MannyGoldstein Apr 2013 #14