NNTP error
btbi...@btinternet.com
user name and password and get "invalid user ID or password " message
all the time.
Any ideas please
B T
Nat Queen
Charlie+ <cha...@xxx.net> wrote:
> Cant be sure but I think this is right --
> ClaraNet users were only allowed to get a restricted (2GB per month at
> restricted speed) Giganews a/c for a 1 year period if they were already
> Clara customers when Clara decided to get out of the newsgroup business.
> After the 1 year period presumably its pay Giganews to continue or pack it
> in. You need a Giganews username and password. Are you eligible to get one
> as above? if so I would approach Clara to see if they can fix it. Also I
> dont know when the 1 year period is up but it must be approaching in a few
> months from now.
> Charlie+
Claranet users may find the following information helpful:
I still have copies of some relevant documents from Claranet (and some
can still be found on their website). They suggested that a free
Giganews account would be for 1 year, but one document said for "at
least" a year.
In my case, my "Claranet Free" Giganews account was activated exactly
a year ago, on 6 May 2009. However, I have received no notice about
any expiry, and it still works for me. :-)
An e-mail from Claranet sent to subscribers on 27 April 2009 stated:
"The Claranet Usenet service will be decommissioned on or around 1
June 2009" (it actually happened somewhat later). It said: "Please
ensure that you have signed-up for the Giganews service prior to 1
June 2009". Perhaps this means that the free Giganews accounts will
all end one year from that date.
Does anyone know any better?
Nat
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johnnysaint
"Nat Queen" <n.m....@bham.ac.uk.invalid> wrote in message
news:5082631351.queen@clara.co.uk...
I'm still going strong, well over the 12 months now with no problems.
Could these be "famous last words"?
Cheers
johnnysaint