Re: TECH: telnet from AOL

[Yakov Shafranovich <yakov@CSI.COM>]

It is true, you can't access your AOL mailbox thru telnet but you can thru
the Web
using Microsoft Internet Explorer. Just click to http://www.aol.com/netmail/

Yakov Shafranovich, Librarian
Ruth and Joseph Weinstein Library
Sinai Academy Yeshiva HS
yakov@csi.com

>> One of the teachers at my school would like to telnet to the network that
>> her school e-mail account is on from AOL at her home.
>
>  It is impossible to telnet from AOL, unfortunately.  I tried to do
>  this a few months ago while visiting a sister at her house so I could
>  check e-mail on my library-school account.  Eventually, I called AOL
>  tech support and specifically asked if it is even possible.  The person
>  on the other end said no.
>
>  Gabe
>_______________________________________________________________
>
>GABE GANCARZ, TEACHING ASSISTANT         UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
>Learning Resources [Computer] Lab              2nd-Year Student
>GRAD SCHOOL OF L.I.S.                        GRADUATING MAY '98
>http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~gancarz/            Ph. (217) 333-9890
>gancarz@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu                  Fax (217) 244-3302
>_______________________________________________________________

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