Help me save $15 a month

F · Post by F » Thu Jul 28, 2005 11:39 pm

JFK (kind of) wrote:Ask not what your forum can do for you: Ask what you can do for your forum.

Yeah. Screw him. I need some help.

When my family first got internet access, we foolishly decided on AOL. We had a dial-up connection, and we got tired of it. So about 2 years ago we decided to get a cable modem. We no longer needed AOL, but my dad didn't want to change his e-mail address, so we still paid for it. I've had Gmail for a little over a year, and I finally convinced him to cancel AOL and get Gmail. However, before he can cancel his account, he needs to transfer over all of his old mail to Gmail. This is about 4 years worth of mail, so there's no way I'm going to go through and forward them one by one. Does anybody know how to forward all of it at once? I can't find a way to forward all of the mail from his filing cabinet

G-Prime · Post by **G-Prime** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 2:49 am

My dad is the same way...we got DSL about 2 years ago but he keeps aol because he dosn't wan't to change his email...I told him I would get him a gmail account but he is covinced AOL email is better.

shelter pitfall · Post by **shelter pitfall** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:23 am

A lot of people are convinced AOL is good. Most mail things have an option to select all of them. Can you get the AOL to work with some other program to extract the mail for you? (Like Thunderbird)

HotDog-Cart · Post by **HotDog-Cart** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:28 am

well cant u just get AIM, becuase AIM is Aol instant messanger, and it alows you to send mail and stuff, so cant you guys just download AIM, then when your dad wants to check his mail all he has to do is log on to AIM with his account and click "Mail"....

eevilcheese · Post by **eevilcheese** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 9:28 am

how about simply attaching all the email files at once and sending it to his or your gmail?

edit, i mean attaching llike you would with a video or a non-text related file or someting.

cennar · Post by **cennar** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:14 pm

ive also never seen a person under 30 with outlook... what is wrong with them.. its pointlessy crappy compared to every single webbased email service.

Post by **Sparkfist** » Fri Jul 29, 2005 4:19 pm

cennar wrote:ive also never seen a person under 30 with outlook... what is wrong with them.. its pointlessy crappy compared to every single webbased email service.

I tell my mother that using Outlook is weak. I do it the way is should, I go the website and login/logout of my account.

As for AOL. Forward your emails, send out a change of email and then leave AOL. Simple, I could do that if I wanted to save all my old crap, but instead I just moved everyone over to a new account (gmail) its simpler then moving crap from hotmail.