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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by c-smile on Friday October 06, 2017 @10:48PM (#15422000)
> If someone is sending you too many

That's one of the points. I can publish my IM name but I will receive messages only from those recipients whom I will approve.

Publishing email address ... well that's the main reason why we cannot live without services like GMail - to filter out spam.

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Re:AIM will shut down after 20 years by jessriedel on Sunday October 08, 2017 @01:12PM (#15429007)
Huh? My original question is why we can't have the best of both worlds since their is no barrier to combining them. Merely noting that different features are available with different services does not answer this question.
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