Woody, I am in genealogy have been for over 30 years and AOL has been dependable in that respect. I have 3 pages on sites that I am connected to and it would be a hugh job to change all of them. Someone just contacted me this week asking for help as she is stuck in our line and found my AOL address and my name where it had been left years ago. I was able to help her and am still helping her because I have a very large database on this line with all the proper sources. She had picked up a lot of information that was incorrect on the internet and I could get help her. This has happened before where have been able to help people who could find me because I have used AOL for so many years. I also have rr but have found that they can't handle the amount of information I need to store of there but AOL can. As far as I am concerned this business with nomoreracks is just a minor inconvenience for me and now that I understand it, it is ok with me. I am going to get in touch with AOL to see if they can stop it as they have been very helpful with problems in the past. Thanks for all the help you have given me and the others. Right now nomoreracks is no longer in my folders, just disappeared but may be back. It doesn't stop me from doing my work. Janet -----Original Message----- From: Woody Woodworth <boguswoody@aol.com> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Feb 23, 2014 4:57 pm Subject: Re: [GN] Nomoerack I'm not Janet, but there is an advantage to sticking with an old e-mail address. A lot of email hosts go out of business, sell out, or become quirky, such as Yahoo. If one is in genealogy and leave posts or comments for others to find in later years, one wants to ensure that others will be able to make contact. There are so very many that have posted on genealogy sites and lists in the past and cannot now be contacted because the address is now dead. AOL may be annoying, but their addresses are extremely stable over time, and that stability is very important in genealogy. I've kept my old AOL address established in 1997 just for that purpose. But if one wants to change e-mail addresses, I recommend outlook.com. It has received excellent reviews. Further, unlike Gmail, it can change its listing from threaded groups to non-threaded e-mail. I haven't installed it yet, but I plan to. Woody -----Original Message----- From: Yvonne Strong <ylstrong95@gmail.com> To: gen-newbie <gen-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sun, Feb 23, 2014 4:12 pm Subject: Re: [GN] Nomoerack Janet, why don't take Tom's advise and use another program? I use Thunderbird as well and never never see a word of advertisement. What is there about AOL that you has you in it's hold? Yvonne On 2/23/2014 1:51 PM, wstjs@aol.com wrote: > Woody, > > I have begun to see that now. AOL has been having more advertisements than ever before lately and I think this is just one of them. It has been moving back and forth from folder to folder whichever I am currently using. > > Janet > ******************** Gen-Newbie's website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~newbie/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GEN-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message