Plusnet and Forte Agent combination. Losing headers

[Mike Halmarack]

Header download from the Plusnet server seems patchy. I'm finding posts on Google groups that are not showing up in my newsreader. Anyone else had this problem and found a cure?

[Tim S]

Dump the fools and get to a real ISP.

I've have personal experience of them.

Tim

[Mike Halmarack]

I was thinking more aspirin rather than major surgery.

[Steve Walker]

news.individual.net .... :o)

[chris French]

In message , Mike Halmarack writes

I'd watchout doing that - it's almost certainly against you AUP with Plusnet. - Using a domain name to which you probably don't have the right's to. Plusnet could take dim view of it.

If someone comes along and takes the name gooseeggisland.p.c (assuming they already haven't, and you haven't) then they will be well pissed off to get all 'your' spam.

There are plenty of other ways of munging the address if you really feel you have to.

[Mike Halmarack]

OK, I'm starting to get the drift here. :-)

[Mike Halmarack]

Thanks for the tip. What you say is well worth considering. These days there seem to be an increasing number of things to watchout for that do exist, without rushing to add things that don't exist to the watchout list.

As I understand it Plusnet's T&C's are such that they can change them to whatever they like at will. I'm not going to spend too much time second guessing what is now and what's coming soon in the. allowed/disallowed list. I like to exercise as much personal freedom as I can, if it's not hurting anyone else. If at any time my sins become too great for Plusnet to bear, I'm sure they'll let me know about it.

They will only be well pissed off if and when they come into existence. Like those people who might in future live in the currently imaginary house next to mine. They may resent me parking in front of their as yet non-existent garden gate. So, I should move my car now to be on the safe side?

[Tim S]

They don't really know either. I think their MD believes he can read his used toilet paper like runes.

Yes indeed they will. You'll get about 6 hours warning that your account is being cut off.

No I'm not bitter. But I like to stick the knife in whenever their miserable cankered name is mentioned.

Cheers

Tim

[Rob Morley]

You should use an address that cannot exist, to prevent DNS and mail servers trying to find one that might exist - using INVALID as the TLD is guaranteed to do this, as it has been set aside for this purpose.

[Mike Halmarack]

Well... yes... I mean, "INVALID" you couldn't give it away, could you? Anything a little more upbeat or positive on offer?

BUT, as you Rob, are what I consider to be *the* Internet Fairy Godmother of all time and one of my top 10 Usenet heroes to boot, I'm going to give this change some serious consideration. Anyway, I wouldn't want to risk being sent to bed with no gruel.

[Rob Morley]

I must have missed that episode ...

[Andy Luckman (AJL Electronics)]

Privacy.net has been set aside for the very purpose. It is also useful where the recipient checks for validity. Use me(1-9)@privacy.net . Send it an email just to see what happens, it might amuse you.

[Mike Halmarack]

Glued to the wrong side of the telly, I presume?

[Mike Halmarack]

I did and the response, if any, was way too subtle for my crude sensibilities. I didn't detect any effect whatsoever. Perhaps I'll try again, as it's in such a good cause. I love being amused by external agencies, I usually have to d-i-y.