[WEB4LIB] Re: AOL browser question

[Kathy P. Wheeler]

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/
> 
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> 
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> Thomas Edelblute
> Anaheim Public Library
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