Usenet asking for password

[#1]

usenet.plus.net has Just started asking for user name and password; it was OK earlier today..

As I recall this is run by Giganews on behalf of Plusnet. If Giganews is US based perhaps someone just came in to work there and made some changes.

Hopefully the problem will clear itself. But then again.....

[#2]

I have just noticed the same here.

[#3]

Confirmed here, too.

[#4]

It is still a problem this morning. 

[#5]

Yep, same problem as before.

Seems to be occurring every few months now. It happened in January and again in July. Probably other times I can't remember as well.

Hopefully Bob Pullen will be on the case soon.

[#6]

I've a feeling I know why this might be. Will nudge some folk but I may not be able to give it my full attention until next week.

[#7]

Took me so long to find the thread about it back in July, it had been fixed by the time I did.

Hope it gets fixed soon.

[#8]

I first noticed this morning (12 November) that Thunderbird was prompting for a username and password, and that the email and/or portal username and password did not work.

My settings are:

server=news.plus.net

port=119

connection security=none (as opposed to SSL/TLS)

Shame that Plusnet's "Service Status" page doesn't mention Usenet and describe that there is a problem.

[#9]

I remember opening a similar ticket a while ago.

[#10]

Why doesn't the PN status page include Usenet? We pay for it in the same way as other PN services. 

[#11]

Problem with asking for a username & password seems to have cleared

[#12]

Just to confirm, I've also received confirmation that the issue should now be resolved.

[#13]

Seems to be clear here now, too.

[#14]

Thanks Bob.

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I signed up and it seems OK, at least it bridged the gap for me for a few days.