[epub] Re: A O L Not welcome.

["David Hallum" <dhallum@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Howdy Jade,

Please let me try and clear this up!?!

> David,
> 
> You make some excellent points, but this one was a bit faulty:
> 
> <<We, as ezine and list publishers have to ask ourselves...are the people
> we want to reach AOL users? My answer is no, because I want to reach
> advanced internet users.>>
> 
> I've been on the Internet since 1989. I've run several online magazines and
> worked as the overnight editor of The New York Times on the Web. Currently
> I'm the associate producer of content at Real Networks. Just because I use
> an AOL address doesn't mean I'm a newbie. I simply like the service AOL
> provides for $14.95/mo. And when you get 500 e-mails a day, switching ISPs
> is often more trouble than its worth.

I did not say that AOL users were newbies, and I'm sorry that you
thought that was what I meant when I said, "advanced internet users"
What I meant is users with AOL accounts (and a lot of other ISPs) can not 
get a newsletter from me because their in-boxes are not large enough.

Correct me if I'm wrong, this is not just about AOL but many if not
all ISPs limit the size that an email message and attachments can be.
Knowing this, it does not make sense for me to even try to send
an ezine with a multimedia training attachment of about 15 to 30MB
to people whose whole mailbox is only around 10MB or less.

As I said in my post, "I have nothing against AOL users", but I also
know that they could never get one of my newsletters if I sent it to
their AOL email address....Did this clear things up?

David Hallum @ StormPay Yellow Pages
http://stormpayyellowpages.com


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