10-27-16 19:39 mark lewis wrote to Ed Vance about Free programs   
   Howdy! Mark,   
      
    ml> @MSGID: <58132B0A.14981.windowsa@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    ml> 26 Oct 16 14:52, you wrote to me:   
      
    EV> Would You know about any changes to United Online to cause their Free   
    EV> Email Accounts to get dropped?   
      
    ml> sorry, i do not... i know they combined into one entity and changed   
    ml> their terms so that their software used your CPU's idle time which they   
    ml> then sold as a massive computer... distributed processing type stuff   
    ml> like distributed.net and BIONC but this was required if you wanted to   
    ml> use their services... it is/was one way for them to make money for you   
    ml> using their free services... aside from that, i wasn't able to find out   
    ml> anything to the questions   
      
   When I was using their web site to check for any Emails I saw their   
   Advertisement asking for Help with that project but I never participated.   
      
   This pc isn't on 24/7 where it could be used by them when I wasn't doing   
   anything with the pc.   
      
    ml>   what happened to my juno email account?   
    ml>   what happened to my netzero email account?   
      
    ml> there's a wikipedia page on them but it doesn't say very much... i   
      
   I looked at that page a few weeks ago but didn't see anything about changes   
   to their 'service'.   
      
    ml> suspect that if the account wasn't accessed for some period of time or   
    ml> the new terms of service we not agreed to at some point, they just   
    ml> dropped them as inactive accounts... their customer support would be   
    ml> better able to help if you are serious about finding out what   
    ml> happened... TBH, personally speaking, i wouldn't worry about them...   
      
   Yes, I only checked it occasionally to see if anyone sent something to me.   
      
   Thanks!.   
      
      
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