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Re: Freeserve failure to logon aftersetting up new account

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From: Raymond Li
Date: Thu, 08 Oct 1998 00:00
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Hi Richard,

I am interested in the free internet access "Free Serve" as we do not
have such service locally.  Is this free service supported by
advertisements?  Does it make the user very annoying in the inserted
advertisements or similar to Yahoos?

Thanks,

Raymond

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On Mon, 05 Oct 98 10:39:38 GMT, {R}@sunshine.tm (Richard Ashton) wrote:

->In article <361c4aa1.889762@news.demon.co.uk>
->           Michael@remzoec.demon.co.uk "Michael Clements" writes:
->
->} Can anyone understand why I have been able using Netscape 4 to setup
a
->} Freeserve account (creating a new connectlet with
->} freeservesignup/signup logon username & password) choosing a node
and
->} real password yet am unable to connect using these words afterwards.
->} I've done this twice (I have 2 accounts but can't use them!)
->} The terminal window reports incorrect password from the Freeserve
->} server if I use just the node and my passsword and Windows95 reports
->} "this computer is unable to set up a DUN----) if I use
->} username.freeserve.co.uk and my password.
->} Could it be a modem problem- it's a V90 flashed Courier.
->} I have no problems with Demon connections for my other account.
->
->My V90 flashed Courier works on a Freeserve account. Infact I had to
->use a modem to setup the account as ISDN didn't like using the
->userid/password in PAP.
->
->{R}
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From: rayli@hk.super.net (Raymond Li)
Subject: Re: Freeserve failure to logon aftersetting up new account
Date: 1998/10/08
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