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David Schultz
Jan 2, 2024, 3:02:20 PM1/2/24
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The intermittent login failures escalated on 1 Jan. 2024. Before that repeated attempts would eventually result in success. Not now. Just constant "481 Invalid username or password" errors.
So either something broke, Earthlink failed to pay the bill, or Earthlink decided to drop Usenet completely without telling anyone. I have been banging my head against customer service but have little hope of ever finding the one person remaining who has a clue about Usenet. If there is one.
So either something broke, Earthlink failed to pay the bill, or Earthlink decided to drop Usenet completely without telling anyone. I have been banging my head against customer service but have little hope of ever finding the one person remaining who has a clue about Usenet. If there is one.
Ant
Jan 2, 2024, 5:38:02 PM1/2/24
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It's back again. I still got many failed logins before yesterday though. :( Finally, back on!
David Schultz <david....@earthlink.net> wrote:
> The intermittent login failures escalated on 1 Jan. 2024. Before that repeated attempts would eventually result in success. Not now. Just constant "481 Invalid username or password" errors.
> So either something broke, Earthlink failed to pay the bill, or Earthlink decided to drop Usenet completely without telling anyone. I have been banging my head against customer service but have little hope of ever finding the one person remaining who has a clue about Usenet. If there is one.
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"He [the Word, the One we know as Jesus,] was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." --John 1:2-3. :) NY, but will 2024 B worse? :(
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David Schultz <david....@earthlink.net> wrote:
> The intermittent login failures escalated on 1 Jan. 2024. Before that repeated attempts would eventually result in success. Not now. Just constant "481 Invalid username or password" errors.
> So either something broke, Earthlink failed to pay the bill, or Earthlink decided to drop Usenet completely without telling anyone. I have been banging my head against customer service but have little hope of ever finding the one person remaining who has a clue about Usenet. If there is one.
"He [the Word, the One we know as Jesus,] was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made." --John 1:2-3. :) NY, but will 2024 B worse? :(
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David Schultz
Jan 2, 2024, 5:48:43 PM1/2/24
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I noticed a little bit ago. Surprisingly it seems to be working better.
I haven't had one failure to login.
But the day isn't over yet. :-)
It would seem that they did find the one person who has a clue. Better
than the "reset your modem" I got earlier.
On 1/2/24 4:37 PM, Ant wrote:
> It's back again. I still got many failed logins before yesterday though. :( Finally, back on!
>
>
> David Schultz <david....@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> The intermittent login failures escalated on 1 Jan. 2024. Before that repeated attempts would eventually result in success. Not now. Just constant "481 Invalid username or password" errors.
>
>> So either something broke, Earthlink failed to pay the bill, or Earthlink decided to drop Usenet completely without telling anyone. I have been banging my head against customer service but have little hope of ever finding the one person remaining who has a clue about Usenet. If there is one.
>
>
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David Schultz
I haven't had one failure to login.
But the day isn't over yet. :-)
It would seem that they did find the one person who has a clue. Better
than the "reset your modem" I got earlier.
On 1/2/24 4:37 PM, Ant wrote:
> It's back again. I still got many failed logins before yesterday though. :( Finally, back on!
>
>
> David Schultz <david....@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> The intermittent login failures escalated on 1 Jan. 2024. Before that repeated attempts would eventually result in success. Not now. Just constant "481 Invalid username or password" errors.
>
>> So either something broke, Earthlink failed to pay the bill, or Earthlink decided to drop Usenet completely without telling anyone. I have been banging my head against customer service but have little hope of ever finding the one person remaining who has a clue about Usenet. If there is one.
>
>
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