question about being banned form forums

[chicago00]

i have a friend who dials up to the internet using aol . he has never done anything to get banned , but since anandtech stop letting you use aol e-mail adress he can't post or sign up , he has tryed his runbox and yahoo e-mails and same thing happens says he is banned , any one no whtas going on with that ?

thanks

 

[Pepsi90919]

AOL is banned, maybe?

 

[ricerx]

aol, hotmail, yahoo and others are banned email addresses on AT

 

[wnied]

Most free email sites are banned from anandtech to discourage trolls from signing up and trying the patience(as most seem to do) of the users of this board. Personally I think its a great idea.

wnied

 

[LoneWolf1]

Click on the faq button at the top of this page and all will be explained.

 

[chicago00]

can any one recomond i e-mail he could sign up for that isn;t banned?

 

[The Stigenator]

mail.bestoftheweb.com

 

[LoneWolf1]

It really won't matter it he finds an e-mail address that he can use to join the forums. As long as he uses AOL as his dial-up connection, he won't be able to post on the forums anyway. The best thing he can do, if he wants to be part of the forums, is find another ISP to connect thru.

 

[bigdog1218]

i used my go.com email, i was already signed up for it from signing up at espn.com