Thanks for replying, Paul. Which account password do you mean, my NTL email account password? If so then it wouldn't really make much difference to the fact that I can't get into the email account at the moment. And no, I just left things as they were, because it was as easy to check my emails online as it would've been through Outlook Express. That was and still is set up with my old Freeserve account as default. I believe that my NTL email account was 'frozen', which one of the operators told me (way back in February) was the norm when an account was 'closed'. But he also told me that would no longer be the case as my account had been reactivated - but apparently not.
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Originally Posted by MikeyB
Sorry to hear your troubles with your email address.
Must say I've never come across a website that you have to use an email address supplied by your ISP. How would they check this?
Anyway, do you ever use your ntlhome webspace or ftp?
If so it's the same username & password as for the main email account.
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Thanks for your reply, MikeyB.
Yeah, I'd hardly say that it was widespread, but I've noticed a few places have started requiring it recently. One site that I was interested in was Digital Spy, and they've actually been doing things that way for several years at least. How they work it I don't know - I suppose the easy option would be to have a filter to block the most common services, such as Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo, Lycos, etc. But I think DS have a more sophisticated process than that. Obviously if you have someone's IP number you can check basic information such as the provider, and (although it won't work with the likes of AOL or Tiscali, for example) you can generally get a rough idea of the city they're located in, too. Anyway, this is the message you get if you don't play ball (this was a registration attempt using my Hotmail address):
The following errors occurred during your registration * Your email address has been rejected. Please note that Digital Spy does not accept registrations from anonymous webmail providers such as Hotmail and Yahoo. Please register with an address provided by your ISP.
And no, I never had any need for the webspace.
