change an aim screen name to an aol name

kermalou

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Jun 22, 2001
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guys, my little brother uses AIM and he wants to set up an AOL account with that screen name. aol says that name is taken and when i try to email that screen name it says that there is no registered user with that name.

cmon gurus, i know AOHell is hated but help
 

rutchtkim

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Aug 2, 2001
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that account may have been recently deleted. however, recently deleted accounts are stored in their system for i believe 90 days, in which noone but the original person can reclaim it. after that time frame, than its avail to the rest of the world. dont ask me how i knwo this :)
 

Evadman

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I am currently working on regestering every possable user name to screw AOL. I am up to "AAA aabf4" so far. This may take a while.
 

John

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Once a SN is deleted, it can take up to 6 months to get flushed from the system.