ABML family website

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:24:31 GMT, Ray.DeleteThis@amygdala.demon.co.uk (Ray
Almond) wrote:

>Today I tried to log onto the myfamily.com site for the first time in
>a long time. Unfortunately it is now wanting a payment of (I think)
>$29.95 to "upgrade" and without it there is no access to the site,
>although the site is still there. It's still sending out birthday
>reminders - got one just yesterday.

That's about $40 Australian - sorry no sale.

And I haven't heard anything from them in a long time. I wonder if
they have my correct email address. Does anyone know how to change it?
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Kat Hein schrieb:
> John Oliver wrote:
> > On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 23:24:31 GMT, Ray.RemoveThis@amygdala.demon.co.uk (Ray
> > Almond) wrote:
> >
> >>Today I tried to log onto the myfamily.com site for the first time in
> >>a long time. Unfortunately it is now wanting a payment of (I think)
> >>$29.95 to "upgrade" and without it there is no access to the site,
> >>although the site is still there. It's still sending out birthday
> >>reminders - got one just yesterday.

> > That's about $40 Australian - sorry no sale.

Looks as if quite a lot of us cannot afford it anymore ...

> > And I haven't heard anything from them in a long time. I wonder if
> > they have my correct email address. Does anyone know how to change it?
> > --
> > John Oliver

Change your correct email address?
<VEG>
Talk to your ISP ...
<LOL>


Hmm, I still get all the "Look what's happening at The ABML
Family site" eMails from MyFamily.com ...

But without being able to enter the site, you can't even check
your own data!

> IIRC, that was the cost of having enough server space for all the
> pictures and music- not per person, but for it all, and the cost of a
> couple years' worth was anonymously donated. I'd guess that has now run
> out.
>
> Kat

Plus, with our administrator (Tristaan The Ogre) 'missing', it will
take some time before we can even think of re-activating it ...

J.-O.
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Megan wrote:

> Hmmm. Anyone know roughly how far over their "free WWW space" limits we
> were? If it simply a matter of just a few MB, I've got some space on
> the ABML WWW site I'm not using. We could move some pictures or
> something to get back under the limits.
>
> I suspect it may be more than that, since a few MB is not much these
> days. I also suspect we could probably pare down on the number of
> pictures stored on that WWW site -- keep only the most recent images of
> assorted ABML children and archive the baby pictures elsewhere, for
example.
>
> My musings are probably immaterial, without Tristaan to let someone onto
> the WWW site to tidy it up.

Agreed - Tristaan has all the passwords, etc., for the site. I suspect we
were far over the minimum amount there. IIRC, there was an anonymous
donation to maintain the site some time ago but with Tris among the missing,
apparently this year's appeal went missing.

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In article <7GadnVaY-s8hWDzeUSdV9g DeleteThis @ptd.net> ivaf DeleteThis @ptd.net. "Purrt" writes:

> Megan wrote:
>
> > Hmmm. Anyone know roughly how far over their "free WWW space" limits we
> > were? If it simply a matter of just a few MB, I've got some space on
> > the ABML WWW site I'm not using. We could move some pictures or
> > something to get back under the limits.
> >
> > I suspect it may be more than that, since a few MB is not much these
> > days. I also suspect we could probably pare down on the number of
> > pictures stored on that WWW site -- keep only the most recent images of
> > assorted ABML children and archive the baby pictures elsewhere, for
> > example.
> >
> > My musings are probably immaterial, without Tristaan to let someone onto
> > the WWW site to tidy it up.
>
> Agreed - Tristaan has all the passwords, etc., for the site. I suspect we
> were far over the minimum amount there. IIRC, there was an anonymous
> donation to maintain the site some time ago but with Tris among the missing,
> apparently this year's appeal went missing.

I had a look at the MyFamily main site today and found the following:

Standard Site ($29.95 per year)
MyFamily site with:
100 MB of space for sharing photos and other family files
Unlimited site members, all receiving Basic Site benefits
No popup ads
E-mail accounts for each site member

They advertise a free 30 day trial of the standard account, so it looks
like when we weren't watching they changed the whole scheme and it's no
longer free.

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In article <1134683000snz DeleteThis @amygdala.demon.co.uk>,
Ray DeleteThis @amygdala.demon.co.uk says...
> In article <7GadnVaY-s8hWDzeUSdV9g DeleteThis @ptd.net> ivaf DeleteThis @ptd.net. "Purrt" writes:
>
> > Megan wrote:
> >
> > > Hmmm. Anyone know roughly how far over their "free WWW space" limits we
> > > were? If it simply a matter of just a few MB, I've got some space on
> > > the ABML WWW site I'm not using. We could move some pictures or
> > > something to get back under the limits.
> > >
> > > I suspect it may be more than that, since a few MB is not much these
> > > days. I also suspect we could probably pare down on the number of
> > > pictures stored on that WWW site -- keep only the most recent images of
> > > assorted ABML children and archive the baby pictures elsewhere, for
> > > example.
> > >
> > > My musings are probably immaterial, without Tristaan to let someone onto
> > > the WWW site to tidy it up.
> >
> > Agreed - Tristaan has all the passwords, etc., for the site. I suspect we
> > were far over the minimum amount there. IIRC, there was an anonymous
> > donation to maintain the site some time ago but with Tris among the missing,
> > apparently this year's appeal went missing.
>
> I had a look at the MyFamily main site today and found the following:
>
> Standard Site ($29.95 per year)
> MyFamily site with:
> 100 MB of space for sharing photos and other family files
> Unlimited site members, all receiving Basic Site benefits
> No popup ads
> E-mail accounts for each site member
>
> They advertise a free 30 day trial of the standard account, so it looks
> like when we weren't watching they changed the whole scheme and it's no
> longer free.
>
>

If I recall, I paid last year's fees. This year it is not
to be, as my work situation is a little "fluid" at the
moment.

As has been mentioned, I haven't had anything from them
for ages, and hadn't even noticed !



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Much as i like the idea of a family site for this group, myfamily.com was
always so much trouble for me to go to. I've always thought the abml
"family" group would be much easier on yahoogroups or even as a livejournal
community (back in the day we didn't yet have lj communities though). So
I've never used it much. Think the email I'm under on the site is about 4
or 5 emails ago too.

"Ray Almond" <Ray DeleteThis @amygdala.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1134516271snz@amygdala.demon.co.uk...
> Today I tried to log onto the myfamily.com site for the first time in
> a long time. Unfortunately it is now wanting a payment of (I think)
> $29.95 to "upgrade" and without it there is no access to the site,
> although the site is still there. It's still sending out birthday
> reminders - got one just yesterday.
>
> Much as I'd like to just pay the fee for the group we are still trying
> to recover our finances after DH being out of work for almost a year
> and "extras" don't fit the budget. Anyone?
>
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Beldin wrote:
> In article <1134683000snz DeleteThis @amygdala.demon.co.uk>,
> Ray DeleteThis @amygdala.demon.co.uk says...
>
>>In article <7GadnVaY-s8hWDzeUSdV9g DeleteThis @ptd.net> ivaf DeleteThis @ptd.net. "Purrt" writes:
>>
>>
>>>Megan wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hmmm. Anyone know roughly how far over their "free WWW space" limits we
>>>>were? If it simply a matter of just a few MB, I've got some space on
>>>>the ABML WWW site I'm not using. We could move some pictures or
>>>>something to get back under the limits.
>>>>
>>>>I suspect it may be more than that, since a few MB is not much these
>>>>days. I also suspect we could probably pare down on the number of
>>>>pictures stored on that WWW site -- keep only the most recent images of
>>>>assorted ABML children and archive the baby pictures elsewhere, for
>>>>example.
>>>>
>>>>My musings are probably immaterial, without Tristaan to let someone onto
>>>>the WWW site to tidy it up.
>>>
>>>Agreed - Tristaan has all the passwords, etc., for the site. I suspect we
>>>were far over the minimum amount there. IIRC, there was an anonymous
>>>donation to maintain the site some time ago but with Tris among the missing,
>>>apparently this year's appeal went missing.
>>
>>
>>I had a look at the MyFamily main site today and found the following:
>>
>> Standard Site ($29.95 per year)
>> MyFamily site with:
>> 100 MB of space for sharing photos and other family files
>> Unlimited site members, all receiving Basic Site benefits
>> No popup ads
>> E-mail accounts for each site member
>>
>>They advertise a free 30 day trial of the standard account, so it looks
>>like when we weren't watching they changed the whole scheme and it's no
>>longer free.
>>
>>
>
>
> If I recall, I paid last year's fees. This year it is not
> to be, as my work situation is a little "fluid" at the
> moment.
>
> As has been mentioned, I haven't had anything from them
> for ages, and hadn't even noticed !

$30 is not beyond my capabilities, should it be possible to arrange the
payment thereof...

SAMK
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