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Fred Griffin Florida Real Estate, Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker (Fred Griffin Real Estate)

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Rainmaker
5,772,575
Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Napa Consultants - Carpinteria, CA
Luxury Real Estate Branding, Marketing & Strategy

Fred,

Thanks for the heads up, and I am not fond of the name "oath" implies too much!   We just have Verizon for our phone, and one thing I have learned is to never give them your email, they bombard you every day, and you cannot unsubscribe.   A

May 30, 2017 12:58 PM
Ambassador
6,414,578
Bob Crane
Woodland Management Service / Woodland Real Estate, KW Diversified - Stevens Point, WI
Forestland Experts! 715-204-9671

Surprised that AOL and Yahoo are still around after all these years.

I do use Verizon everytime I pick up my phone, but I am not swearing any Oath to them.

May 30, 2017 01:20 PM
Rainmaker
5,583,328
Barbara Todaro
RE/MAX Executive Realty - Happily Retired - Franklin, MA
Previously Affiliated with The Todaro Team

I use none of them in my business..... 

May 30, 2017 01:02 PM
Rainmaker
4,899,174
Richard Weeks
Dallas, TX
REALTOR®, Broker

I use Yahoo for personal, not for business

 

May 30, 2017 12:40 PM
Rainmaker
5,876,468
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Had AOL email years and years ago until they decided what I was to receive, and bounced all my real estate email.  

Jun 01, 2017 05:28 AM
Rainmaker
679,035
John Slocum
Premiere Property Group, LLC - Vancouver Washington - Vancouver, WA
Broker, SFR - Vancouver WA Real Estate

Good to know.  From a past career with the once "Independent" Telephone industry, I steer clear as best I can of the latest incarnation(s) of Ma Bell and their wares.  A common phrase in those bygone days was that: the Bell System was designed by Geniuses (folks at Bell Labs); and run by Idiots! 

May 31, 2017 11:34 AM
Rainmaker
1,727,956
Sandy Padula & Norm Padula, JD, GRI
HomeSmart Realty West & Florida Realty Investments - , CA
Presence, Persistence & Perseverance

Only Verizon Wireless.

May 31, 2017 06:49 AM
Rainmaker
1,617,916
Harry F. D'Elia III
WEDO Real Estate and Beyond, LLC - Phoenix, AZ
Investor , Mentor, GRI, Radio, CIPS, REOs, ABR

Whoever holds the gold makes the rules

May 31, 2017 06:38 AM
Rainmaker
599,734
Nathan Gesner
American West Realty and Management - Cody, WY
Broker / Property Manager

I can't believe AOL is still a thing. It will be interesting to see what impact this has.

May 31, 2017 05:51 AM
Rainmaker
4,800,132
Gabe Sanders
Real Estate of Florida specializing in Martin County Residential Homes, Condos and Land Sales - Stuart, FL
Stuart Florida Real Estate

I didn't know, thanks.  (Don't use any of them.)

May 31, 2017 05:43 AM
Rainmaker
921,504
Annette Lawrence , Palm Harbor, FL 727-420-4041
ReMax Realtec Group - Palm Harbor, FL
Making FLORIDA Real Estate EZ

Every landing page promising something unbelievable gets a Yahoo email address. From what you write I may need another repository for the inevitable drip campaigns.

 

May 31, 2017 04:50 AM
Rainmaker
4,319,773
Praful Thakkar
LAER Realty Partners - Burlington, MA
Metro Boston Homes For Sale

Fred Griffin thanks for sharing this information.

I have been using my 'own' email address for a while now.

May 30, 2017 10:41 PM
Rainmaker
3,988,013
Debbie Reynolds, C21 Platinum Properties
Platinum Properties- (931)771-9070 - Clarksville, TN
The Dedicated Clarksville TN Realtor-(931)320-6730

My son who works for Verizon was talking about this the other day. It is an attempt for Verizon to recapture some market share as they are falling way behind. Poor planning years ago is catching up with them.

May 30, 2017 09:00 PM
Ambassador
5,252,729
Debe Maxwell, CRS
Savvy + Company (704) 491-3310 - Charlotte, NC
The RIGHT CHARLOTTE REALTOR!

Interesting - I'm a Verizon phone subscriber and have a Yahoo account that I don't use but, perhaps now, under the one umbrella, I will!

May 30, 2017 08:48 PM
Rainmaker
2,374,617
Lise Howe
Keller Williams Capital Properties - Washington, DC
Assoc. Broker in DC, MD, VA and attorney in DC

news to me! Thanks for the heads up

May 30, 2017 08:05 PM
Rainmaker
5,024,919
Dorie Dillard Austin TX
Coldwell Banker Realty ~ 512.750.6899 - Austin, TX
NW Austin ~ Canyon Creek and Spicewood/Balcones

Thanks for the heads up..had no clue.

May 30, 2017 07:31 PM
Rainer
1,705
Marty Griffith
Climb Real Estate - Oakland, CA

I didn't know about the coming changes. Thanks for the heads up. I'm surprised aol is still around. Lol

May 30, 2017 06:32 PM
Rainmaker
3,986,308
William Feela
WHISPERING PINES REALTY - North Branch, MN
Realtor, Whispering Pines Realty 651-674-5999 No.

I use yahoo and verizon.  Sounds interesting.  I had not heard this

May 30, 2017 06:27 PM
Rainmaker
7,861,183
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

Thanks for sharing this information.

May 30, 2017 06:22 PM
Rainmaker
542,913
Sean Casey
Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate - Newark, DE
Greenville, Hockessin, Newark & Bear Homes

I use Verizon Wireless.  I hadn't heard about this though!

May 30, 2017 05:18 PM
Rainmaker
3,416,038
Scott Godzyk
Godzyk Real Estate Services - Manchester, NH
One of the Manchester NH's area Leading Agents

I have an AOL email an hope i am not losing it.

May 30, 2017 04:33 PM
Rainmaker
1,505,713
Ryan Huggins - Thousand Oaks, CA
https://HugginsHomes.com - Thousand Oaks, CA
Residential Real Estate and Investment Properties

Wasn't aware.  I guess the 1990s called and wanted their AOL back.

May 30, 2017 04:25 PM
Rainmaker
1,055,922
Candice A. Donofrio
Next Wave RE Investments LLC Bullhead City AZ Commercial RE Broker - Fort Mohave, AZ
928-201-4BHC (4242) call/text

We NEVER had the level of spam and crap before Yahoo merged with Frontier. So how this will help, I'll be waiting to see. There certainly is room for improvement.

May 30, 2017 03:38 PM
Ambassador
3,589,566
Anna "Banana" Kruchten
HomeSmart Real Estate - Phoenix, AZ
602-380-4886

Fred yes I had heard of this but I haven't used AOL since 1989 maybe??? Long long time ago whenever it was.

May 30, 2017 03:26 PM
Rainmaker
1,574,666
Gary L. Waters Broker Associate, Bucci Realty
Bucci Realty, Inc. - Melbourne, FL
Eighteen Years Experience in Brevard County

I use AOL for personal email but have not heard of the change. As for business, it all comes through my web site.

May 30, 2017 03:13 PM
Rainmaker
2,817,727
Debbie Gartner
The Flooring Girl - White Plains, NY
The Flooring Girl & Blog Stylist -Dynamo Marketers

No, I didn't know.  I recently set up a "fake" yahoo email addy for a couple of clients, so that I can approve their directory listings without interupting them.  I wonder if that will change.

May 30, 2017 03:03 PM
Ambassador
3,349,079
Kathleen Daniels, Probate & Trust Specialist
KD Realty - 408.972.1822 - San Jose, CA
Probate Real Estate Services

My cell phone provider is Verizon ... that's it. 

May 30, 2017 02:43 PM
Rainmaker
2,784,266
Richie Alan Naggar
people first...then business Ran Right Realty - Riverside, CA
agent & author

Let the changes come...

May 30, 2017 02:42 PM
Rainmaker
913,238
Jeff Pearl
RE/MAX Distinctive / LIC in VA - Lovettsville, VA
Full Service Full Time Realtor

I just migrated my verizon.net over to aol since that was the simplest and quickest way to do it. All i had to do after that was change my password for Mozilla Thunderbird. i was able to keep my verizon.net email even though aol will be handling it from now on. They never mentioned anything about " Oath". Maybe " Oaf " was already taken.

May 30, 2017 01:48 PM
Rainmaker
1,712,776
Joe Pryor
The Virtual Real Estate Team - Oklahoma City, OK
REALTOR® - Oklahoma Investment Properties

My phone is Verizon only. I don't use the others.

May 30, 2017 01:33 PM
Rainmaker
1,846,701
Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
Real Estate Broker Retired

Yes I use Yahoo & knew this was coming down the pike. Just wish someone would tell me when to do it so I can grab my name.

May 30, 2017 01:25 PM
Rainmaker
5,111,160
Nina Hollander, Broker
Coldwell Banker Realty - Charlotte, NC
Your Greater Charlotte Realtor

Don't use any of these, but had heard of the name change, which sounds a bit odd to me.

May 30, 2017 01:19 PM
Ambassador
2,187,241
Carol Williams
Although I'm retired, I love sharing my knowledge and learning from other real estate industry professionals. - Wenatchee, WA
Retired Agent / Broker / Prop. Mgr, Wenatchee, WA

I use both for various accounts... not business.  

May 30, 2017 01:07 PM
Rainmaker
1,466,257
Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
Your Commercial Real Estate Link to Northern VA

Fred Griffin I use Verizon FiOS for Internet service. They just transitioned all their email addresses to AOL a couple of weeks ago. Looks like another change coming up.

May 30, 2017 01:07 PM
Ambassador
2,455,459
Kat Palmiotti
eXp Commercial, Referral Divison - Kalispell, MT
Helping your Montana dreams take root

I don't use either for business things, but both hubby and I use yahoo/aol for personal stuff. Wonder if they'll ever try to change the email addresses to @oath.com. 

May 30, 2017 01:07 PM
Rainmaker
5,236,850
Wayne Martin
Wayne M Martin - Chicago, IL
Real Estate Broker - Retired

I use AOL for its convenience but  have other accounts!

May 30, 2017 12:43 PM