Dear AOL Journals user,
As we wrote in an e-mail on Sept. 30, AOL® Journals will permanently shut down on Oct. 31. It’s never an easy decision to shut down a feature, especially one like AOL Journals that some of our members have used for a long time. But with a decline in Journals usage, we have to look carefully at all of AOL’s features to make sure we’re providing as much value to our members as possible.
Though we know this might be an inconvenience, the good news is that we've partnered with Blogger.com to provide a smooth transition for your journal. Blogger is a free service from Google that makes it easy to share your thoughts with friends and the world. Blogger supports most of the features you've come to expect from AOL Journals, and it's easy to get started. If you wish to transfer your journal to Blogger, they will move your posts, comments and photos to your new blog on their service. When you're ready, go to this link to get started.
Remember, it's very important to save your Journals content before Oct. 31. If you choose not to move to Blogger, you'll need to save your information manually (for example, by copying and pasting its contents into a word processor).
Again, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition, and we hope you enjoy using Blogger.com.
Sincerely,
The AOL Journals Team
As we wrote in an e-mail on Sept. 30, AOL® Journals will permanently shut down on Oct. 31. It’s never an easy decision to shut down a feature, especially one like AOL Journals that some of our members have used for a long time. But with a decline in Journals usage, we have to look carefully at all of AOL’s features to make sure we’re providing as much value to our members as possible.
Though we know this might be an inconvenience, the good news is that we've partnered with Blogger.com to provide a smooth transition for your journal. Blogger is a free service from Google that makes it easy to share your thoughts with friends and the world. Blogger supports most of the features you've come to expect from AOL Journals, and it's easy to get started. If you wish to transfer your journal to Blogger, they will move your posts, comments and photos to your new blog on their service. When you're ready, go to this link to get started.
Remember, it's very important to save your Journals content before Oct. 31. If you choose not to move to Blogger, you'll need to save your information manually (for example, by copying and pasting its contents into a word processor).
Again, we appreciate your patience and understanding as we make this transition, and we hope you enjoy using Blogger.com.
Sincerely,
The AOL Journals Team
oreseeing the inevitability of classic AOL treatment as described from the vast amount of disgruntled AOL users, my password privileges for signing onto my public journal will be withheld pending these reasons (none of which apply to me BTW)
Suspended account in AIM® service If you receive the message "Suspended Account" when trying to sign on to the AOL® Instant Messenger (AIM®) service, it means your AIM® screen name has been suspended. There are several reasons why you may have received this message:
AIM® screen names may have been blocked due to a violation of the Terms of Service, such as the sending of unsolicited bulk communications.
AIM screen names that have been identified as under the age of 13 may not use the AIM service. If you have incorrectly entered your birth date, you may use a credit card to complete the age verification process. A fee of 1 dollar will be charged and refunded, which will appear on the credit card statement.
AOL® screen names that have been cancelled can no longer sign in to the AIM service. This includes all master and secondary screen names of the cancelled account.
AOL screen names may have been blocked due to outstanding billing issues with either the AOL® account or an AOL® Premium paid service. Please sign on with the AOL® software or go to http://bill.aol.com for additional instructions to resolve outstanding billing issues.
AOL screen names may have been blocked due to a violation of the Terms of Service. Please sign on with the AOL software for additional instructions.
AOL screen names that have Parental Controls set to block instant messages, or that are in the Kid's Only age category are blocked from using the AIM service. To change this setting, the master screen name on the AOL account needs to go to AOL® Keyword: Parental Controls. Adjust the settings on the affected screen name to allow instant messages and ensure that the age category is set to Young Teen (13 - 15), Mature Teen (16 - 17), or General (18 and older).
This is the return e-Mail address
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from the encryption hacks at A-hOLes HQ. I just thought I would take my views and post them for ALL to see that it would take approximately 31+ days to find anybody at AOL who can re-establish my password so that I might back up my journal before they cencored my written entries. But, of course, everything corporate is done in a stragic timeline so that, by then, it would be too late.