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Jon8RFC · Post by **Jon8RFC** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:06 pm

Hey, I have a few AIM screen names that I want completely deleted and made available for others to register, and I've never known of a way to accomplish this...I've always thought that once a name is registered on the AIM network that it's ALWAYS gonna be there, am i wrong?

fuuucckkers · Post by **fuuucckkers** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:19 pm

Nope.. your not wrong. to my knowledge... your screen name will always be there.

AOL / AIM might possibly do yearly screen name cleanups or something of the sort.. but probably only to names that havent been used in a LONG time

[]DaT_MaNN03 · Post by **[]DaT_MaNN03** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:45 pm

yeahh i wish u could do this too b/c i have a bunch i dont want nemore n i wanna clean up my email addresses that they are registered too

Jon8RFC · Post by **Jon8RFC** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:49 pm

yeah thats EXACTLY what i want to do...its annoying to change the email addy its registered to...half the tiem it doesnt go through on teh system, i have to wait a few days before it actally works cause it like times out trying to send the email confirmation :/

insomica · Post by **insomica** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 5:52 pm

aol tells you it takes atleast 3days...

sweeney · Post by **sweeney** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 8:49 pm

I'll take the screen names off your guys' hands. I just have a whole collection thing goin on. So, change the pass to something generic and pm or IM me.

jester22c · Post by **jester22c** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:30 pm

I remember a long long time ago I got an email from AOL telling me that a particular screen name that I had hadn't been used in 6 months and that if it wasn't used in so many days (don't remember how many) that it would be deleted. I'm not sure if they still do this or not. I know they have changed some policies around and deleted AOL account names cannot be reregistered with AIM anymore, etc.

Matt · Post by **Matt** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:43 pm

That cannot be true because I remember not using my ScreenName for at least a year if not longer and they never deleted it.

jester22c · Post by **jester22c** » Mon Apr 28, 2003 10:47 pm

KooLTaB101 wrote:That cannot be true because I remember not using my ScreenName for at least a year if not longer and they never deleted it.

It is true, but this was A LONG TIME AGO. I have been using AIM for 6+ years.

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 11:21 am

I think the reason AOL does not delet old user names is so they can inflate there user count. Y else do you think they claim such a high user count. Hell they claim number that over 50% of the populatoin when not even that many peopel have internet access......

Jon8RFC · Post by **Jon8RFC** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 4:20 pm

hahahahaha...good call timeless...i never thought about that, makes sense.

insomica · Post by **insomica** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 8:06 pm

i have over 423 sn. im tring to get to 1000. i have no clue why. well now i have over 429 sn.

jester22c · Post by **jester22c** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:43 pm

insomica wrote:i have over 423 sn. im tring to get to 1000. i have no clue why. well now i have over 429 sn.

No wonder everytime I try and make a new one (most of the time for a friend or relative) it takes hours to find one that's not taken... People like you!

I work on electronics as a hobby... but maybe I'm just weird....

Timelessblur · Post by **Timelessblur** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 9:51 pm

jester22c wrote:
insomica wrote:i have over 423 sn. im tring to get to 1000. i have no clue why. well now i have over 429 sn.
No wonder everytime I try and make a new one (most of the time for a friend or relative) it takes hours to find one that's not taken... People like you!

I work on electronics as a hobby... but maybe I'm just weird....

I noticed that it hard to uses orginal sn now. But then you can not forget about all those damn porn bots

RansomedCaptive · Post by **RansomedCaptive** » Tue Apr 29, 2003 10:16 pm

jester22c wrote: I work on electronics as a hobby... but maybe I'm just weird....

weird or wired?

...sorry, i know, probably a bad pun, but i couldnt resist

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