America Online Launches AOL Mail Alerts Service.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2001 New Service Gives AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Members Even More Freedom and Flexibility to Access Their AOL E-Mail Anytime, Anywhere With AOL Mail Alerts, the Next Step in the "AOL Anywhere"(SM) Strategy, Members Can Know Immediately When They Have an Important America Online See AOL. , Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :AOL), the world's leading interactive services company, today announced the availability of the AOL Mail Alerts(SM) service. The AOL Mail Alerts service, part of the "AOL Anywhere"(SM) initiative, offers AOL's more than 26 million members the option of sending a message to their text-enabled digital cell phone or alphanumeric alphanumeric (ăl'fən  mĕr`ĭk) or alphameric (ăl'fəmĕr`ĭk), the set of letters and numbers. pager when a designated message has arrived in their AOL e-mail box. The new AOL Mail Alerts service offers AOL members the convenience of knowing when they've received an important e-mail, extending AOL's ease-of-use and convenience to members who are on the go by keeping them connected to their AOL e-mail even while away from their PC. Barry Schuler Barry Martin Schuler (born September 7, 1953 in Jersey City, New Jersey) is American Internet pioneer, perhaps best known for making the Internet easy to use consumers while working for America Online for seven years, and being the CEO for three years. , President, AOL Interactive Services Group said: "Every day, AOL members send more than 166 million e-mails, and out of 26 million AOL households, 72% own a wireless phone or a pager, or both. "As members increasingly look to access their AOL e-mail on devices beyond the PC, AOL Mail Alerts offer members new levels of access and convenience. Now with the AOL Mail Alerts service, our members can be notified on their mobile phone or alphanumeric pager when someone has sent them an important or urgent e-mail." Schuler added: "Increasingly, e-mail is becoming consumers' preferred way to communicate, and with the AOL Mail Alerts service, members can stay in touch without being tethered Attached to a data or power source by wire or fiber. Contrast with untethered. to their PC." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the 2000 America Online/Roper Starch Cyberstudy of online Americans, e-mail is the preferred method for communicating with business associates and co-workers, topping the telephone by more than 16 percent. Members are able to customize the AOL Mail Alerts service to send a message to a digital wireless phone or alphanumeric pager whenever they receive a new e-mail. Mail filters can be further customized to send alerts according to sender or by subject. The AOL Mail Alerts service can be used in conjunction with most pager and wireless phone service providers that use LCD-display devices and support text messages. The AOL Mail Alerts service is available for each of an AOL member's screen names and includes AOL's customizable Parental Controls This article is about computer options. For the television show, see Parental Control (TV series). Parental controls are options, typically included in digital television services, computer and video games, or computer software used to access the Internet, that feature to limit access for children or teens. The AOL Mail Alerts service is free of charge to AOL members using AOL 4.0 or above. (Note: Some members may incur additional wireless phone and pager communications surcharges from their service provider.) AOL members can visit America Online Keyword: "AOL Mail Alerts" for more information and to sign up for the new service. About America Online, Inc. Founded in 1985, America Online, Inc., based in Dulles, Virginia Dulles, Virginia is an unincorporated census-designated place located in Loudoun County, Virginia, part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. The headquarters of AOL, Orbital Sciences Corporation and ODIN technologies and the former headquarters of MCI Inc. are located in Dulles. , is the world's leader in interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services. |
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