# Anyone using Earthlink Web Mail?  Can you connect?

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-earthlink-web-mail-can-you-connect/358412
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [May 27, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-earthlink-web-mail-can-you-connect/358412 "2006-05-27T04:35:57Z")
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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2006, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-earthlink-web-mail-can-you-connect/358412/1 "2006-05-27T04:35:57Z")

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I went to Earthlink Web Mail to check my mail, and Safari can’t open the page. Does anyone else use it, and can you connect?

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### Author: ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2006, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-earthlink-web-mail-can-you-connect/358412/2 "2006-05-27T04:52:26Z")

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> [@Johnny L.A.](#):
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> I went to Earthlink Web Mail to check my mail, and Safari can’t open the page. Does anyone else use it, and can you connect?

Yes, no.

According to [Earthlink](http://netstatus.earthlink.net/netstatus/netstatus.aspx)

Email Issue Found 05/26/2006, 11:51 PM EST

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### Author: ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2006, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-earthlink-web-mail-can-you-connect/358412/3 "2006-05-27T04:55:02Z")

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Thanks.

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### Author: ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)
#### Post date: [May 27, 2006, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-using-earthlink-web-mail-can-you-connect/358412/4 "2006-05-27T11:59:02Z")

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> [@Johnny L.A.](#):
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> I went to Earthlink Web Mail to check my mail, and Safari can’t open the page. Does anyone else use it, and can you connect?

FWIW, I was just able to open it using AOL’s version of IE, of all things.