(CGR Stuff) Ohh whoopdie doodle day [More Xoom Bashing]
Ping
Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
Resource account. Which means I`ve lost all the images that I had in the
/cgrimages/ directory. A bunch of Monkeys with a PC could provide better
webhosting than Xoom. They haven`t even given me an explanation of why they
deleted the account. <sigh> well, if anyone knows another GOOD unlimited
bandwidth server, with a decent amount of space let me know, ok?
-Ping, Flu God and official Xoom hater
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And WHY are you looking down here? the Sig is up there.
Denise L. Voskuil
wrote:
>Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
>Resource account. Which means I`ve lost all the images that I had in the
>/cgrimages/ directory. A bunch of Monkeys with a PC could provide better
>webhosting than Xoom. They haven`t even given me an explanation of why they
>deleted the account. <sigh> well, if anyone knows another GOOD unlimited
>bandwidth server, with a decent amount of space let me know, ok?
I'd like something that isn't GeoCities (stupid watermark, stupid
"transitional" ads, stupid popups, stupid javascript code that stalls
Netscape 3), doesn't have popups (Tripod), and isn't incredibly slow.
I have 3 accounts, but could really use more room, with all of the
webpages I maintain.
- Denise
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"Ping" <Pi...@albia.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>
> Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
> Resource account. Which means I`ve lost all the images that I had in the
> /cgrimages/ directory. A bunch of Monkeys with a PC could provide better
> webhosting than Xoom. They haven`t even given me an explanation of why they
> deleted the account. <sigh> well, if anyone knows another GOOD unlimited
> bandwidth server, with a decent amount of space let me know, ok?
>
Can I just mention at this point that Xoom, who so unjustly banned me, still
send me spam entitled 'Dear xoom member'?
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Ping
lis_m...@msn.com wrote in message <6t5vqs$3d5$1...@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
>
>Can I just mention at this point that Xoom, who so unjustly banned me,
still
>send me spam entitled 'Dear xoom member'?
>
Yes yes, I know. Me too. I didn`t even ask them to send me Spam, I never
approved it so technically this is um......very bad.
-The even more Screwed up Ping
Denise L. Voskuil
Pi...@albia.demon.co.uk says...
>Yes yes, I know. Me too. I didn`t even ask them to send me Spam, I never
>approved it so technically this is um......very bad.
Actually, you _did_ approve it as part of signing up with them. It's in the
ToS and other membership info. They send you offers (and you delete them
unread, like I do...), you get free space and only have to give them one teeny
tiny link on your main page. Take a look. I'm seriously looking around for a
backup - does anyone know if every Tripod page has a popup attached, or just
your main (index.html, I assume) one?
- Denise
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*have* an opinion, so this sure isn't theirs.
mae...@nospam.demon.co.uk
wrote:
>Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
>Resource account.
What with Xoom basically harrassing you and Lis,
perhaps all the various readers of the NG ought to
send them a polite e-mail, each, asking why it
looks like Xoom is targeting Creatures webpages
in particular. ;^)
Perhaps something along the lines of:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - snip here - - - - - - - - - - -
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am a regular reader of the alt.games.creatures
newsgroup. It has come to my attention that Xoom
has recently closed down several websites relating
to the game, Creatures. To my knowledge, these
sites were completely above board, and no
satisfactory explanation was offered to the owners
of these sites for the closure. I hope that Xoom will
at least offer the owners of these sites an explanation
for their actions, or better still, reinstate the websites in
question.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - snip here - - - - - - - - - - - - -
What was that e-address for Xoom, Ping?
<eg>
Mae Tang
(replace "nospam" with "nu-it" for a valid e-mail address)
Lis Morris
mae...@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote in message
<35f6da1d...@news.demon.co.uk>...
Right everyone listen up!
mem...@xoom.com
Post to it <g>... I've already told them they've annoyed 300+ people and a
games company in banning my website- let's proove it! <veg>
Hell hath no fury....
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Lis said
>
>mem...@xoom.com
>Post to it <g>... I've already told them they've annoyed 300+ people and a
>games company in banning my website- let's proove it! <veg>
ok
>
>Hell hath no fury....
To right
>"When you've got your back to the wall, the only thing
>you can do is turn around and fight"
Right again!
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> mae...@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote in message
> >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - snip here - - - - - - - - - - -
> >Dear Sir/Madam,
> >
> >I am a regular reader of the alt.games.creatures
> >newsgroup. It has come to my attention that Xoom
> >has recently closed down several websites relating
> >to the game, Creatures. To my knowledge, these
> >sites were completely above board, and no
> >satisfactory explanation was offered to the owners
> >of these sites for the closure. I hope that Xoom will
> >at least offer the owners of these sites an explanation
> >for their actions, or better still, reinstate the websites in
> >question.
> >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - snip here - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >
> >What was that e-address for Xoom, Ping?
> >
> Right everyone listen up!
> mem...@xoom.com
> Post to it <g>... I've already told them they've annoyed 300+ people and a
> games company in banning my website- let's proove it! <veg>
> Hell hath no fury....
> --
> Lis Morris,
hehehee... let's start cc:ing xoom on all the messages in this thread
and any other thread that rants about them. I'm definately not moving my
website there.
I'll just have to rough it out with Crosswinds. Crosswinds is kinda slow
but they are the only service provider I know that gives you unlimited
webspace and doesn't require plastering your site with stupid javascript
messages and trailing icons...
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NORNGod
>
> On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:27:06 +0100, "Ping" <Pi...@albia.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
> >Resource account.
>
> What with Xoom basically harrassing you and Lis,
> perhaps all the various readers of the NG ought to
> send them a polite e-mail, each, asking why it
> looks like Xoom is targeting Creatures webpages
> in particular. ;^)
Good luck. I seriously dought that anyone really ever reads the email
they get. All you ever get is a stupid reply bot.
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now.
Lis Morris
MadFish387 wrote in message
<199809092039...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
>>Right everyone listen up!
>Lis said
>>
>>Post to it <g>... I've already told them they've annoyed 300+ people and a
>>games company in banning my website- let's proove it! <veg>
>
>
>>
>>Hell hath no fury....
>
>To right
>
>>"When you've got your back to the wall, the only thing
>>you can do is turn around and fight"
>
>Right again!
>
>
haha, someone else falls over my quote file! You like fighting walls, then,
Madfish?
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Denise L. Voskuil
lis_m...@email.msn.com says...
>Right everyone listen up!
>
>mem...@xoom.com
>Post to it <g>... I've already told them they've annoyed 300+ people and a
>games company in banning my website- let's proove it! <veg>
I'll E-mail them tonight - my grendels website is partially on Xoom (hey, I
moved there back in July, when I was fleeing the increasingly-annoying
GeoCities). I set up a forwarding URL (see below) for it, and I'll move it
wherever I have to go in order to avoid such bull. I signed up with Tripod
today, so we'll see how they look (hopefully that popup only happens on the
main page, as Tripod claimed), and maybe I'll be Xoom-free by tonight or so.
Indigo of NORN
>I'll just have to rough it out with Crosswinds. Crosswinds is kinda slow
>but they are the only service provider I know that gives you unlimited
>webspace and doesn't require plastering your site with stupid javascript
>messages and trailing icons...
Just wait till Crosswinds gains more speed. Less space AND spam.
Indigo
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mae...@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:27:06 +0100, "Ping" <Pi...@albia.demon.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
> >Resource account.
Xoom must be destroyed.... 10 gigs of weiner dogs ready for upload, sir! :)
>
>
> What with Xoom basically harrassing you and Lis,
> perhaps all the various readers of the NG ought to
> send them a polite e-mail, each, asking why it
> looks like Xoom is targeting Creatures webpages
> in particular. ;^)
>
> Perhaps something along the lines of:
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - snip here - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> Dear Sir/Madam,
>
> I am a regular reader of the alt.games.creatures
> newsgroup. It has come to my attention that Xoom
> has recently closed down several websites relating
> to the game, Creatures. To my knowledge, these
> sites were completely above board, and no
> satisfactory explanation was offered to the owners
> of these sites for the closure. I hope that Xoom will
> at least offer the owners of these sites an explanation
> for their actions, or better still, reinstate the websites in
> question.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - snip here - - - - - - - - - - - - -
>
> What was that e-address for Xoom, Ping?
>
I actually tried this approach... and for my trouble, I get a letter
entitled, 'Dear Xoom Member...' I was, like, 'Um... I dislike you guys... I
most certainly not a member...' and then it went on to say that the letter
would answer any questions I had. I just KNOW I'm not suprising anyone when
i say that the letter was as useful as a screen on a submarine and contained
about as much wisdom and knowledge as a 'get rich quick' pamphlet might. :P
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tion
> I actually tried this approach... and for my trouble, I get a letter
>entitled, 'Dear Xoom Member...' I was, like, 'Um... I dislike you guys... I
>most certainly not a member...' and then it went on to say that the letter
>would answer any questions I had. I just KNOW I'm not suprising anyone when
>i say that the letter was as useful as a screen on a submarine and contained
>about as much wisdom and knowledge as a 'get rich quick' pamphlet might. :P
Well, if you wrote the "mem...@xoom.com" address, I'm not surprised
you got a "Dear Xoom Member" letter back. ;) I'm a member (for now),
but I E-mailed "webm...@xoom.com" - I figured if that's where you
_report_ violations, you might also question them there as well. That
was yesterday afternoon, and I at least haven't received a canned
response yet, so we'll see.
- Denise
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Lis Morris
NORNGod wrote in message <35F6AB8C...@hotmail.com>...
>mae...@nospam.demon.co.uk wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, 9 Sep 1998 09:27:06 +0100, "Ping" <Pi...@albia.demon.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >Well it looks like our old friend Xoom has deleted the Creatures Graphic
>> >Resource account.
>>
>> perhaps all the various readers of the NG ought to
>> send them a polite e-mail, each, asking why it
>> looks like Xoom is targeting Creatures webpages
>> in particular. ;^)
>
>they get. All you ever get is a stupid reply bot.
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If you're lucky.
Denise L. Voskuil
lis_m...@email.msn.com says...
>If you the reply to the bot, you may get a one line reply in about a week.
>If you're lucky.
I sent my complaint to webm...@xoom.com yesterday afternoon, since that's the
one that handles the complaints about content. I mentioned that I was a
member, and pointed out my Creatures page on their server at
<http://members.xoom.com/dvoskuil/grendel.html>. (*checks* Nope, still
there.) I pointed out that Cyberlife knows about TN, actively encourages the
swapping of norns and COBs (or as I put it, "creatures and freebie add-ons") on
the Internet, and provide links to hundreds of fan sites on their own web site.
I don't know if that'll do any good, but at least I haven't received a bot
reply yet.
- Denise
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Denise L. Voskuil wrote in message <6t8meq$crs$1...@piglet.cc.uic.edu>...
>In article <O1MftAM...@upnetnews02.moswest.msn.net>,
>lis_m...@email.msn.com says...
>>If you the reply to the bot, you may get a one line reply in about a week.
>>If you're lucky.
>
>I sent my complaint to webm...@xoom.com yesterday afternoon, since that's
the
>one that handles the complaints about content. I mentioned that I was a
>member, and pointed out my Creatures page on their server at
><http://members.xoom.com/dvoskuil/grendel.html>. (*checks* Nope, still
>there.) I pointed out that Cyberlife knows about TN, actively encourages
the
>swapping of norns and COBs (or as I put it, "creatures and freebie
add-ons") on
>the Internet, and provide links to hundreds of fan sites on their own web
site.
> I don't know if that'll do any good, but at least I haven't received a bot
>reply yet.
>
>- Denise
>
Thanks very much! I think they're getting a lot of trouble over this..
teehee!
mae...@nospam.demon.co.uk
<lis_m...@email.msn.com> wrote:
Thanks, Lis!
>Post to it <g>... I've already told them they've annoyed 300+ people and a
>games company in banning my website- let's proove it! <veg>
It'll go out with my next batch of e-mail. };^D
Angel Rivera
6t6g4f$2etk$2...@piglet.cc.uic.edu...
>I'm seriously looking around for a
>backup - does anyone know if every Tripod page has a popup attached, or
just
>your main (index.html, I assume) one?
Every tripod page and every geocities page have popup banners. :( (I've
even had two popups on the same page before.. yikes)
=> Jason!
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