AOL won't let me send email! I have a friend whose new email address ends in

[Mist]

.com. I use AOL (because it's part of the TWC package and I have to), and AOL keeps automatically adding "@aol.com" to my friend's email, then tells me I can't send email, as no such email address exists. I don't know how to make it stop adding the silly "@aol.com" onto an email address that doesn't need it. Why is this happening?

[pokerfan]

1. No idea

but obviously AOL lets you use the web so why not create a gmail account?

[Mist]

2. Guess I should--I've just always gone along with aol because it's part of the

overall internet/cable/phone account I have with them. I think it's odd that aol is adding an inappropriate suffix to my friend's email address, and seems only to be doing it with that one address!

[Mist]

3. Mystery solved--my friend hadn't given us the complete email address. I had to get it

from his commercial site. The flakiness of artists...