[WEB4LIB] Re: AOL browser question

[Kathy P. Wheeler]

I helped someone with AOL Mail in our ref dept recently and it doesn't 
need a plugin -- you just sign it with your username and password.

AOL 5 did some weird things to my copy of MSIE which I only installed 
because I get asked a lot of questions about AOL. I guess I'll see what 
kind of problems it causes! 

Kathy Wheeler                    e-mail: kwheeler at jaguar1.usouthal.edu
Electronic Services Librarian    
University Library
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL  36688
homepage: http://library.southalabama.edu

On Tue, 9 Nov 1999, Hill, Holly K. wrote:

> One problem with AOL mail over the web is that the plugin required for
> Netscape does not work with WindowsNT as the operating system. Of course,
> one doesn't find this out until you've downloaded and installed the plugin,
> rebooted the computer, gone back to the AOL Webmail page, and then have an
> error message pop up. I have tried to email AOL about plans to work with NT,
> but have gotten no response. I haven't checked lately, so maybe they have
> gotten their acts together.
> 
> One other thing to note: AOL 5 has caused lots of problems for users. Before
> loading, you might want to check out ZDNet or Winmag for stories.
> 
> Holly K. Hill
> hillh at ast.livorno.army.mil
> Camp Darby Community Librarian
> 
> The closest you will ever come in this life to an orderly universe is a good
> library. ***Ashleigh Brilliant***
>                                          
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kathy P. Wheeler [mailto:kwheeler at jaguar1.usouthal.edu]
> Sent: Monday, November 08, 1999 9:41 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list
> Subject: [WEB4LIB] Re: AOL browser question
> 
> 
> AOL also now has AOL Mail that allows its customers to login to AOL and 
> read their mail whether they have the propietary software or not. Prodigy 
> has something called Prodigy MailLink that does the same thing and 
> Compuserve has Compuserve 2000 Mail on the Web. So this isn't an issue to 
> worry about anymore. Customers of any of these services can get to their 
> e-mail as long as they have access to some kind of web browser. 
> 
> Kathy Wheeler                    e-mail: kwheeler at jaguar1.usouthal.edu
> Electronic Services Librarian    
> University Library
> University of South Alabama
> Mobile, AL  36688
> homepage: http://library.southalabama.edu
> 
> On Mon, 8 Nov 1999, Thomas Edelblute wrote:
> 
> > The issue has come up in our library in terms of how much customer service
> we
> > we provide to Internet services.  There is a certain segment that if are
> going
> > to provide patrons with access to their e-mail accounts then we should
> provide
> > them with access to the AOL, CompuServe, Prodegy and whatever proprietary
> stuff
> > they might want access to.  We have not pursued this due to lack of
> consensus
> > to this viewpoint and the amount of time I would have to spend keeping the
> > software current.
> > 
> > Dan Lester wrote:
> > 
> > > At 03:41 PM 11/5/99 -0800, Darryl Friesen wrote:
> > > > > AOL uses a activex dll called Shdoc???.dll it's in the windows /
> system
> > > > > folder.
> > >
> > > What I'm curious about is why one would install an AOL browser on a
> library
> > > system.
> > >
> > > dan
> > >
> > > --
> > > Good, Fast, and Cheap: Which two of the three would you like?
> > > Dan Lester, 3577 East Pecan, Boise, ID 83716 USA 208-383-0165
> > > dan at 84.com   http://www.84.com/  http://www.postcard.org/
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Thomas Edelblute
> > Anaheim Public Library
> > 
> > 
> > 
>