AOL Locks Out IM Users

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AOL Locks Out IM Users
By Matt Hicks and Ryan Naraine
December 9, 2004

Updated: The leading IM service accidentally blocks an unknown number of users while purging outdated accounts. A fix could take until Monday.

America Online Inc. has confirmed that it mistakenly deactivated a number of AOL Instant Messenger accounts this week as part of its regular cycle of opening unused screen names to new users.

AOL, whose instant messaging service is among the most widely used worldwide, had begun releasing screen names that had gone unused when it snarled the accounts of some active users in the process, an AOL spokeswoman confirmed to eWEEK.com. The Dulles, Va., company is working to restore the mistakenly turned-off accounts by Monday.

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yea i agree with vamp... i used has aol for 4 year and i cancel it and transfer to comast.net.. and it is much better also i has pager... :D
 
panda manda said:
yea i agree with vamp... i used has aol for 4 year and i cancel it and transfer to comast.net.. and it is much better also i has pager... :D
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well it is not about AOL software. It is about AIM (AOL IM for short) eh
 
Ahh no wonder..they wouldnt let me use my AIM s/n since Sunday. I had to create another one but I cannot remember all of people on my buddy list to tell them that I cannot use my regular AIM s/n.
 
VamPyroX said:
See? AOL sucks! :fu:

Check my avatar! Hehehe!
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It's aims sucker! You don't pay AOL so you got screwed. Opps! :giggle:



Meg, Hon..I will tell AOL to give my sweetest friend her aim screen name back. ;)
 
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