Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 07:20:36 08/07/02
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On August 06, 2002 at 20:10:19, Dann Corbit wrote: i'm daily on fics. i have no problems. but dieter isn't the first one to report problems like this. it's a very amateuristic organisation. note that i don't know what bas complains about. i'm online every day there. i don't see him somehow in channel 64 a lot. anyway, dieter's problem is very typical. fics is very dumb. they are doing anything to keep small. >On August 06, 2002 at 19:07:27, Dieter Buerssner wrote: > >>Inspired by your (Bas) post, I wanted to login to FICS just at the moment: >> >><< >>Webpage: http://www.freechess.org >>Head admin : foxbat Complaints to : complaints@freechess.org >>Server location: freechess.org Server version : 1.24.21 >> >> If you are not a registered player, enter guest or a unique ID. >> (If your return key does not work, use cntrl-J) >> >>login: >>Due to abusive behavior, nobody from your site may login without an account. >>If you wish to use this server, please register at http://www.freechess.org >>>> >> >>Well - They do not like my email, they do not like my internet provider. They >>are IMO not a "free" ICS. >> >>No, I will not send emails again to any complaints adress. > >I think that your situation is a shame here, because you would clearly be a >valuable addition to their chess servers. > >But I also understand the FICS position. The admins (who work for free) get >tired of chasing down anonymous whinging twits. So, to combat it, they simply >eliminate the major cause. > >You are the exception to the rule. In general, the anonymous email accounts are >a pain in the posterior. I get hundreds of spam emails from them, and they >cause most of the problems on message boards. For some people [however], it is >the only reasonable access that they have. Hence, the problem. > >You are paying for the sins of others, despite your innocence.
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