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AOL quietly changes Windows settings to combat pop-up spam
Anick Jesdanun, The Associated Press 2003-10-23

Even more annoying than junk e-mail are all the spam messages that "pop up" through a little-used feature in Windows. As part of its spam-fighting efforts, America Online has been turning off that feature for its customers without telling them.

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AOL quietly changes Windows settings to combat pop-up spam 2003-10-24
meowmix
As much as I don't like AOL I agree that the messenger service shouldn't be on. It's quite a far cry from disabling competitors software. On top of that you do have to take everything into context. The type to use AOL isn't exactly the type to get up in arms that an almost useless feature is turned ...

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