On 20 Apr 2001, at 11:28, A.M. Holm wrote:
> I was doing a bit of sorting through my POP3 folder when I encountered
> this posting. You said to keep an eye on "telebot", so I thought I'd
> give it a whirl. At the above 'm-gens.com' site, I initially ran into
> the same problem as you did, Alan. However, the info requests not more
> than 8 **digits** so when I changed the proposed password from letters
> to **numerals**, it went through without a problem.
Oh? Is telebot once again accepting registrations? They stopped for
while there.
> However, the countries available for selection did not include Canada,
> so I conferred on myself temporary US status ;>) but was somewhat
> stymied by the necessity for a "mobile phone number". Considering this
> to be a mere sop to their database, I input a New York area code and a
> random phone number [so if any of you receive a call from Hong Kong to
> confirm this service I apologize ;>) - I did try to cancel this mess
> later] It seems that the service on this particular site is actually
> for cell phone e-mail, not quite what I thought I was signing up for.
> :>0
Live and learn. :-)
> >So I guess we just keep watch on this and see what develops.
>
> A - a mere 80 miles from the US in Canada
Consider yourself an honorary Texan, Holm. :-)
Alan
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