Do you even bother to read the posts you try to flame? Read the last part of that. Paul H. Merrill wrote:

Again, some clueless asshole that can't tell the difference between solicited responses and Unsolicited spam mouths off. If you would like to talk about someone, talk about the jerk who set up an AIM name using the outdated address, not the company that repsonded.

PHM

AKA PHMerrill@AOL.Com (among other names and addresses)

Anonymous wrote:

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This does wonders for my opinion of AOL. Even the administration has no clue.

AOL administration spammed the Cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com> list, using an address for Cypherpunks which has been defunct for over a year now, with:

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Thank you for registering for Netscape AOL Instant Messenger!

Your registration for screen name aohelsux has been received.

Please reply to this message within 48 hours to complete the registration process. Simply reply to the present message and type 'OK' as the text of your message.

P.S. "Well they just responded to an address someone gave them," like certain advocates of AOL, lamers, and Microsoft we have on the list have said, is not an excuse. It's easy to set up domain validation. The spammers just don't care.