X-Privat to charge?

[Daze N. Knights]

I received the following email today. Did anyone else?


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Dal giorno 1 giugno 2005, il server NEWS di newsgate.x-privat.org non
sarà più ad accesso gratuito.

Potranno accedervi altresì gli utenti 'supporters' [1] e gli utenti che
sottoscriveranno una quota una tantum di EURO 5 + iva (6 euro iva
compresa) [2].

La presente quota dà diritto all'accesso a newsgate per sempre, con
queste caratteristiche:

_ 50 Mbytes/giorno di download
_ massimo 4 connessioni simultanee
_ velocità in download massima di 30kbit/sec
_ accesso completo ai gruppi binari presenti e futuri
_ casella GIGAMAIL gratuita per il primo anno di attivazione [3]

Ricordiamo inoltre che gli utenti che non intendono aderire a questa
iniziativa, potranno comunque accedere a news.x-privat.org
gratuitamente con queste caratteristiche:

_ 10 Mbytes/giorno di download
_ massimo 4 connessioni simultanee
_ velocità in download massima di 5kbit/sec

Gli utenti della classe 'freenet' [4] potranno comunque accedere ai
gruppi binari di news.x-privat.org ma non saranno aggiunte ulteriori
gerarchie.

[1] sono considerati utenti 'supporters' i clienti che hanno fatto una
donazione a x-privat.org o ne faranno una entro e non oltre il 31
maggio 2005.

[2] Per maggiori info potete scrivere a :
customercare (at) x-privat (dot) org

Ricordiamo che questo indirizzo è ad uso esclusivo degli utenti
ad accesso non gratuito, altre info possono essere richieste ad
info (at) x-privat (dot) org .

[3] maggiori info su http://www.x-privat.org/gigamail.php

[4] maggiori info su http://www.x-privat.org/infofreenet.php

Ricordiamo che è possibile recedere dalla ricezione delle mailing
di x-privat e conseguentemente dalla propria iscrizione al server
delle news, semplicemente compilando correttamente questo form web:

http://www.x-privat.org/newspanel.php

gli utenti che non ricordano la pass utilizzata al momento della
iscrizine potranno altresì utilizzare questo altro form:

http://www.x-privat.org/lostpass.php

Cordiali Saluti

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- - From 1 june 2005, the news server newsgate.x-privat.org will not be
free of cherge anymore.

Instead the access will be free of charge for the 'supporters' users
and for the users that will pay euro 6 (una tantum comprensive of VAT)

This payment will permit to access to newsgate.x-privat.org forever,
with the following characteristics:

_ download of 50 Mbytes/day
_ maximum 4 simultaneous connections
_ download speed of 30kbit/sec (maximum)
_ full access to the binaries groups
_ GIGAMAIL mailbox free of charge for the first year of activation [3]


We remember then that the other users will be able to access to
news.x-privat.org, in free of charge way with the following limits:

_ download of 10 Mbytes/day
_ maximum 4 simultaneous connections
_ 10 Mbytes/giorno di download
_ download speed of 5kbit/sec (maximum)

[1] The 'supporters' users are the users that made a donation to
x-privat.org or that will donate until the 31 may 2005

[2] For further information you can write to:
customercare (at) x-privat (dot) org

This email address is reserved to the payment users,
for other informations please write to:
info (at) x-privat (dot) org .

[3] further informations: http://www.x-privat.org/gigamail_en.php

We remember that you can unsubscribe from the mailing and so also to
the subscription of the X-Privat Service throught this form web:

http://www.x-privat.org/newspanel.php

If you don't remember your password you can complete the following
form:

http://www.x-privat.org/lostpass_en.php

Regards

X-Privat Team

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[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

I received the following email today. Did anyone else?

It'd be great if all the posts about free newsservers could migrate to
alt.free.newsservers, where it's on topic.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

It'd be great if all the posts about free newsservers could migrate to
alt.free.newsservers, where it's on topic.

"ALL the posts about free newsservers"? Looking around, the only one
that I see is mine, so I guess I better leave. Thanks for putting me in
my place, Q.

Daze

 

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"ALL the posts about free newsservers"?

Yes, all of them. I really meant ones in the future, since it's not
possible to migrate the ones already posted to a group where they are
on topic.

Looking around, the only one that I see is mine,

There have been a *lot* of them, with the volume increasing after
individual.net dropped free service. I guess you are new here.
Welcome to a.c.f, seriously.

so I guess I better leave. Thanks for putting me in my place, Q.

I didn't mean to put any poster in his place, just to encourage
putting posts in their place.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Yes, all of them. I really meant ones in the future, since it's not
possible to migrate the ones already posted to a group where they are
on topic.




There have been a *lot* of them, with the volume increasing after
individual.net dropped free service. I guess you are new here.
Welcome to a.c.f, seriously.




I didn't mean to put any poster in his place, just to encourage
putting posts in their place.

Yes, I have only been posting here for a couple of years or so, Q, and I
well remember the posts from when individual.net started charging. So I
guess I am *relatively* new here, and I very much thank you for finally
getting around to welcoming me to the group. My sarcasm has been due to
the fact that I happened to be unaware of the freeserver ng (because I
don't know everything yet), and would merely have appreciated from you a
more polite referral to it for the information that I sought. But I did
poke in there and found what I needed, so thank you, anyway. BTW, that
ng seems to have a preponderance of off-topic posts, unlike this one,
probably due to you biting the legs of those who dare to post on
subjects of free anything other than "ware." So keep up the good work!

Daze

 

[Filthy McNasty]

Using at least one appendage, the entity known in this space-time continuum

I
well remember the posts from when individual.net started charging.

I'm with >Q< on this. Who better to ask for guidance than the
actual/potential users? Having said which, I was also guilty. Worse, I
compounded the sin by posting the info without checking current threads.
For the second part I apologise. For the first I don't, but neither do I
aim to aggravate anyone enough for an argument

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Using at least one appendage, the entity known in this space-time continuum
as "Daze N. Knights" <[email protected]> revealed in privat.org:




I'm with >Q< on this. Who better to ask for guidance than the
actual/potential users? Having said which, I was also guilty. Worse, I
compounded the sin by posting the info without checking current threads.
For the second part I apologise. For the first I don't, but neither do I
aim to aggravate anyone enough for an argument

Welcome to the Clutz Club, Filthy! Maybe we should start wearing funny
hats or something, so folks will see us coming and know to avoid us! But
seriously, I hope that >Q< won't take me wrong with my sarcasm, as I
like a ng relatively free of off-topic stuff, as well.

Daze

 

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Yes, I have only been posting here for a couple of years or so, Q,
and I well remember the posts from when individual.net started
charging. So I guess I am *relatively* new here, and I very much
thank you for finally getting around to welcoming me to the group.

Sure, no problem. I hope you'll like it here.

My sarcasm has been due to the fact that I happened to be unaware
of the freeserver ng (because I don't know everything yet), and
would merely have appreciated from you a more polite referral to
it for the information that I sought.

I still think it'd be great if all the posts about free newsservers
could migrate to alt.free.newsservers, where it's on topic. That's
exactly the way I put it before, and I don't see why you found it
offensive.

But I did poke in there and found what I needed, so thank you,
anyway. BTW, that ng seems to have a preponderance of off-topic
posts,

Maxx has some helpful filters for it in the
[^alt\.free\.newsservers$] section of his file at

unlike this one, probably due to you biting the legs of those who
dare to post on subjects of free anything other than "ware." So
keep up the good work!

I'm sorry about whatever happened to your legs, but I didn't do it.

EOT for me.

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Sure, no problem. I hope you'll like it here.

I do, indeed, thank you.

I still think it'd be great if all the posts about free newsservers
could migrate to alt.free.newsservers, where it's on topic. That's
exactly the way I put it before, and I don't see why you found it
offensive.

Oh, so you were just sorta talking to yourself, then? Since you were
doing so in a reply to my post, I mistakenly thought your comment was
aimed at me. Sorry.

But I did poke in there and found what I needed, so thank you,
anyway. BTW, that ng seems to have a preponderance of off-topic
posts,

Maxx has some helpful filters for it in the
[^alt\.free\.newsservers$] section of his file at
<http://www.dragonfur.ca/nowhere/score.ini.txt>. Maybe they can be
adapted for use with Thunderbird.

Hey, thanks for mentioning that, >Q<! I'll look into it to see if it helps.

I'm sorry about whatever happened to your legs, but I didn't do it.

Oh, no? Then what DID happen to my legs? And I was SO sure . . .

EOT for me.

Yeah, for both of us. And again: Please excuse my sarcasm. It must be
because it's Sunday and I'm in the process of unwinding from a busy week
.. . . EOT.

 

[Søren]

I received the following email today. Did anyone else?

What is this to do with software?
Is there another group for this? Yes!