why aol sux America Online is the largest Internet provider in the world, but it didn't become one without a fight. Originally a closed-in, proprietary online service, it was pried open by the public's fascination with the global network. For all of the company's past glory, it is now little more than a big communications company. America Online wants to be more than a communications company, though -- it wants to be an entertainment network, …showed first 75 words of 552 total…

…showed last 75 words of 552 total…a day-to-day battle with unsolicited commercial junk mail. Is AOL doing all it can to stop its flow? Not a chance. AOL equips its users with nearly useless mail filtering options which do nothing but make spammers get a new domain name every day. In the process, AOL has made it easier and easier for spammers to build junk mail lists, and has done nothing to stop that "harvesting" beyond making it a TOS violation.