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Yup, no AOL account here. Yup, Wayne is correcto-mundo. PS: "I also clicked on the don't show my handle to the world option." John "I don't and won't have an AOL account" Brown or is that John "AOL is Internet U for the masses" Brown At 10:34 AM 12/22/98 -0800, Wayne wrote: >> I don't know how things really work under the covers, but your screen name >> is visible to anyone in the AOL chat room as soon as you enter the room. >> Do you have some evidence that it was AOL, and not merely some AOL user, >> (or user's bot) that collected your AOL screen name? >> >> -tjs > >I doubt that John Brown even has an AOL account. > >I assume what happened is that he gave them his email address on one >of their web sites and they decided it made a good entry into the >database they send "marketing opportunities" to? :-) >
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