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TAPCIS to die on June 30
That is, CompuServe Classic will be discontinued, its old servers shut down, dial-up access will be no more, OurWorld and other Classic services will cease, and Classic e-mail accounts will be shifted to POP3 and IMAP. The word went out to Classic subscribers in an e-mail dated April 15 - income tax day. How many remember that CompuServe originated on the computers of H & R Block?
I'm still using TAPCIS for e-mail, and keep an old laptop running Windows 98 to support it. There's still nothing better for saving e-mail in text files. For me, it's been worth it to keep on paying the monthly bill. (That will now stop, as the new e-mail service will be free.) But time has finally run out.
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I set up Tbird for POP3 access to my CompuServe e-mail address long ago, as a backup, but will keep on using TAPCIS as long as I can. Meanwhile, CompuServe (or Netscape as they now call themselves) will set up a new system for Classic e-mail users in mid-May, offering IMAP as well as POP3 - giving me 6 weeks set up Tbird again <sigh> until the old Classic servers are finally shut down on June 30.
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>> but will keep on using TAPCIS as long as I can
wow, glad to see i am not totally alone (see other post too). this, after all, is called the TAPCIS forum, so lets not forget where we came from. and those who are still with us, one last shout pls. greetings - heinz - |
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anybody by any chance has heard anything more detailed about
the new system yet? it is middle may, almost. greetings - heinz - |
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CompuServe sent a follow-up describing the transition to the new mail system on Monday.
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If you or anyone else has that, feel free to post it.
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Judy, Here you go...
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many thanks. this looks quite promising to me, all considered.
are those port and SSL nbrs anything special, or standard? just wonder why this mssg has not yet gone out to ALL compuserve members. checked german and dutch, nobody yet got anything - maybe they got stuck in translation ... many greetings - heinz - |
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mike, peter, thanks, thats basically what i thought (hoped?), so all we
have to do is wait 4 more days. the original mssg seems confusing to me, and i hope those still using TAPCIS or any similar access method, and who do not check their mail often enough, do not run into problems: it said that the old CLASSIC would be available till 30JUN, which to me also meant access possibilities. now it looks as if the switchover is actually on 18MAY, and between 18MAY and 30JUN you need to activate the new system, but between those dates you can NOT use any of the old access systems (like TAPCIS or CS4) anymore. well, thats how i read it. what they actually will do, is, as so often with CIS, anybodys guess. why should that change ... the very end of an era it is, for sure. i am sure i will miss the screeching noise of my dial-up modem. even only used once a week for catalogueing, it was a familiar 'being'. greetings - heinz - PS: dont worry, its pure nostalgia. i DO have plenty of alternatives and backup systems since years. Last edited by heinz57g; May 14th, 2009 at 11:48 AM. |
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Only mail is affected Heinz. Everything else should continue, as is, until the end of June.
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jeff (hi !), but doesnt it say:
'' ... you will be able to continue using your existing CompuServe Classic email address ... '' and my existing addrs is a 'compuserve.com' addrs. so would that not indicate it could be kept that way, too? that behind that actually stands CSI.COM as mail servers might be bad enough. greetings - heinz - |
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csi.com is just an alias for compuserve.com, which means that any given account will have four addresses: 12345.677@compuserve.com, personal_address@compuserve.com, 12345.677@csi.com, and personal_address@csi.com.
CompuServe cannot turn off csi.com, because international offices continued to market that domain outside of the United States, even as the domestic (e.g., home) office was alerting users that the @csi.com domain could be disconnected at any time. |
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jeff, they do promise (?) increased performance of spam and virus
handling on the new system, so lets see what that means. maybe it is even adjustable, which, at YAHOO for example, does a fair job. doesnt change the fact that spammers are the people i would like to invite to a meeting, right behind my house, together with some much younger, and rather heavy-set, friends of mine ... midnight OK? greetings - heinz - |
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Your disappointment is understandable. However, I think you'll find some salvation with the new system. As Heinz notes, it is promised with better spam control. It also has filtering capabilities, so you should be able to create a filter to send anything with "csi.com" in the "To:" address directly to the trash.
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>> Only mail is affected Heinz. Everything else should continue
sorry mike, i am lost here. what else but mail should i have collected using TAPCIS, as of late? the forums have long vanished. >> create a filter to send anything with "csi.com" in the "To:" address directly to the trash you outsmart them, they outsmart you much quicker than you think. feels like a war. somehow not the way i thought the internet was to be going, some 15 years ago. greetings - heinz - |