You know I am really enjoying writing about Techie Stuff again. I have long had an AOL Messenger Account, and I got an email tonight from AIM inviting me to use their new AIM Mail service, which is linked tightly with the Instant Messenger client. Microsoft did this with Hotmail, and Yahoo has had it for a while to some degree,but they never really impressed me all that much.

The new AIM Mail Service is pretty slick. What they have pretty much done is give you the AOL Mail Service in a webmail client, along with 2 Gigs of storage space.

I have to admit, I am pretty damned impressed. They have one upped Google mail in some respects, especially since Google does not "yet," have a chat client. (Something I expect they will fix pretty quickly in the face of this challenge).

The service is free, AOL Idiot Proof in it's implementation, and suppossedly has pretty good Spam protection. The last thing I needed was another email account, but I think I will give this one a good workout. I like the whole integration with messenger thing.

I also like the clean and functional layout of the mail window, the one button spam reporting and the ease of use.

I could prove to be a nice option to use with the small group of people I normally chat with. So if are so inclined, go to AOL's web site and sign up for an Instant Messenger account, the email part is then semi automatic after that. Then hit me up on AIM Messenger. My User name is davidsandersonsj@aim.com.

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Posted by: cat at September 12, 2006 09:37 PM