From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from shellworld.net ([209.61.182.169] helo=server2.shellworld.net ident=root) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1AKnwo-0007GH-00 for ; Fri, 14 Nov 2003 19:05:54 -0500 Received: from server2.shellworld.net (ldavis@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8) with ESMTP id hAF05osJ041671 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:05:50 GMT (envelope-from ldavis@shellworld.net) Received: from localhost (ldavis@localhost) by server2.shellworld.net (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) with ESMTP id hAF05oFp041668 for ; Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:05:50 GMT X-Authentication-Warning: server2.shellworld.net: ldavis owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:05:50 +0000 (GMT) From: Luke Davis To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: Organization: "Tacticus Communications, Inc." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Subject: Re: off-toopic: paypal.com X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.3 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 00:05:54 -0000 That is absurd. If you had to do something to keep your account from expiring (which is something PayPal doesn't do, anyway), they would do it through their web site, and never in this manner. It's a scam. Luke On Fri, 14 Nov 2003, Cheryl Homiak wrote: > I tried to post this with the actual message I got from Paypal before but > the application must have been with it and > it was too big. > Has anybody else gotten a letter from paypal saying their account will > expire in five days and it's necessary to use the attached application to > re-enroll/update their account? > I'm wondering (a) if it's legitimate, and (b) if there's any way for us to > do this (it's a .asp.scr application). > I also have had problems because when I log in to paypal in lynx the > cat lately I'm asked to > resubmit a user agreement and when I submit it I'm told that I've used > some non-us characters, even though I am only hitting a submit button and > not entering anything. I submitted it in links the chain and now I don't > get this > when I use links the chain, but lynx the cat still does this each time I > go to use it. > Other than getting the .wav file with characters to be entered to work > when registering, > Paypal has up to now been mostly accessible, so I'm not too happy with the > problems with the agreement and now this application we are supposed to > use. Actually, I'm quite suspicious of the latter. > The email is one of those automated do-not-reply things, so I'll have to > find a customer service email to write to, but thought somebody onlist > might already know something about this. > thanks. > -- Cheryl > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup@braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >