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Originally posted by rmns2bseen
on a non-technical note, it is very difficult to open an account with a username that's not already taken, or without having to append a glob of numbers at the end. Every conceivable permutation of my real name-- which is not very common-- is taken already, and I don't want to use the AIM ID I chose years ago. I'm picky about that sort of thing  (edit)--and of course I know it's understandable given the size of AOL and the length of time it's been around. Still... did try it though, and xmailer is right: dial-up users, make yourself a sandwich and be prepared to wait
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I know. There really needs to be an option to totally close the user names across the AOL and Netscape network and put it in a waiting period for someone else to register at some point in the future.. I don't need 2 mailboxes for each screen name (@aim.com and the same thing @netscape.net)