Several weeks ago I asked Yahoo / Geocities to close both my e-mail account
and my web site. However, something went wrong and Geocities closed only my
e-mail account. Therefore, I can no longer sign in to my Yahoo / Geocities
e-mail account and I can no longer amend or close the web site. I asked for
the web site to be removed because it had gone out of date and we decided it
was too time consuming to keep it on internet.

I have e-mailed Geocities almost every day for several weeks now, but I
usually get an automated reply that is not in the least helpful. I am now in
the position where I have a web site that Geocities has kept on internet and
that I cannot in any way deal with. I have even written to abuse@yahoo.com
and told them that it is an abuse of my rights to keep a web site on
internet against the wishes and explicit instructions of the authorised
webmaster. However, this only generated yet another unhelpful automated
response. I have gone through the suggested procedure to reactivate the
e-mail account and supplied the correct information. However, this only gave
the response that the e-mail account has been removed and cannot be
reactivated.

I would be most grateful if anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with
this problem.

Regards, Rob

In article <bg4d7k02adk@enews4.newsguy.com> in
comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, Richard <anom@anom> wrote:[color=blue]
>"Rob" <Robnspam@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
>news:xfhVa.7936$9f7.928914@news02.tsnz.net...[color=green]
>> Several weeks ago I asked Yahoo / Geocities to close both my e-mail account
>> and my web site. However, something went wrong and Geocities closed only my
>> e-mail account. Therefore, I can no longer sign in to my Yahoo / Geocities
>> e-mail account and I can no longer amend or close the web site.[/color]
>
>Dude get real. It's a freebee website. Just go to the site and remove
>anything you put up.[/color]

Er, Dude, try reading what the OP wrote before you hand out insults.

I was in a similar situation a few years ago: Geocities changed my
password when I changed my e-mail address, but the new password
never reached me and I could not get any human to take an interest.
It was almost two years until the seriously out-of-date Web site
disappeared. VERY frustrating! Yahoo bought Geocities about a year
after this happened, but I had no better luck trying to contact
someone at Yahoo.

You might try e-mailing your "neighborhood coordinator" or whatever
that position is called. They are not Yahoo employees, so they don't
have any ability actually to fix anything; but you might get lucky
and yours might know somebody who could fix the problem.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Cortland County, New York, USA
http://OakRoadSystems.com
Fortunately, I live in the United States of America, where we are
gradually coming to understand that nothing we do is ever our
fault, especially if it is really stupid.

"Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
news:MPG.198f9cbed0834a2d98b05c@news.odyssey.net.. .[color=blue]
> In article <bg4d7k02adk@enews4.newsguy.com> in
> comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, Richard <anom@anom> wrote:[color=green]
> >"Rob" <Robnspam@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
> >news:xfhVa.7936$9f7.928914@news02.tsnz.net...[color=darkred]
> >> Several weeks ago I asked Yahoo / Geocities to close both my e-mail[/color][/color][/color]
account[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> and my web site. However, something went wrong and Geocities closed[/color][/color][/color]
only my[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> e-mail account. Therefore, I can no longer sign in to my Yahoo /[/color][/color][/color]
Geocities[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> >> e-mail account and I can no longer amend or close the web site.[/color]
> >
> >Dude get real. It's a freebee website. Just go to the site and remove
> >anything you put up.[/color]
>
> Er, Dude, try reading what the OP wrote before you hand out insults.
>
> I was in a similar situation a few years ago: Geocities changed my
> password when I changed my e-mail address, but the new password
> never reached me and I could not get any human to take an interest.
> It was almost two years until the seriously out-of-date Web site
> disappeared. VERY frustrating! Yahoo bought Geocities about a year
> after this happened, but I had no better luck trying to contact
> someone at Yahoo.
>
> You might try e-mailing your "neighborhood coordinator" or whatever
> that position is called. They are not Yahoo employees, so they don't
> have any ability actually to fix anything; but you might get lucky
> and yours might know somebody who could fix the problem.
>[/color]

Which is why having such a website from geocities/yahoo sucks.
They don't give a shit.
As I said, get a domain name, find a cheap host and be in control all the
way.

"Richard" <anom@anom> wrote in message
news:bg4ld70126f@enews2.newsguy.com...[color=blue]
>
> "Stan Brown" <the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm> wrote in message
> news:MPG.198f9cbed0834a2d98b05c@news.odyssey.net.. .[color=green]
> > In article <bg4d7k02adk@enews4.newsguy.com> in
> > comp.infosystems.www.authoring.html, Richard <anom@anom> wrote:[color=darkred]
> > >"Rob" <Robnspam@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
> > >news:xfhVa.7936$9f7.928914@news02.tsnz.net...
> > >> Several weeks ago I asked Yahoo / Geocities to close both my e-mail[/color][/color]
> account[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >> and my web site. However, something went wrong and Geocities closed[/color][/color]
> only my[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >> e-mail account. Therefore, I can no longer sign in to my Yahoo /[/color][/color]
> Geocities[color=green][color=darkred]
> > >> e-mail account and I can no longer amend or close the web site.
> > >
> > >Dude get real. It's a freebee website. Just go to the site and remove
> > >anything you put up.[/color]
> >
> > Er, Dude, try reading what the OP wrote before you hand out insults.
> >
> > I was in a similar situation a few years ago: Geocities changed my
> > password when I changed my e-mail address, but the new password
> > never reached me and I could not get any human to take an interest.
> > It was almost two years until the seriously out-of-date Web site
> > disappeared. VERY frustrating! Yahoo bought Geocities about a year
> > after this happened, but I had no better luck trying to contact
> > someone at Yahoo.
> >
> > You might try e-mailing your "neighborhood coordinator" or whatever
> > that position is called. They are not Yahoo employees, so they don't
> > have any ability actually to fix anything; but you might get lucky
> > and yours might know somebody who could fix the problem.
> >[/color]
>
> Which is why having such a website from geocities/yahoo sucks.
> They don't give a shit.
> As I said, get a domain name, find a cheap host and be in control all the
> way.[/color]


Yeah, he 'gets it' now. He's asking for help getting this account closed,
and I'm sure he'll never mess with Geocities again.

Here's a thought...get a @hotmail account and send out 1000s of spams
advertising your Geocities URL! I bet it gets shut down then!

....okay, I never said it was a GOOD idea. ;-)

--Tina
--
http://www.AffordableHOST.com - hosting since 1997
Cpanel, Multi-Acct., Resellers, Server Pkgs., $5.95 and up.
Newsgroup 20% Discount Code/Coupon: newsgroup

Tina - AffordableHOST.com wrote:
[color=blue]
> "Richard" <anom@anom> wrote in message
> news:bg4ld70126f@enews2.newsguy.com...[color=green]
>> Which is why having such a website from geocities/yahoo sucks.
>> They don't give a shit.
>> As I said, get a domain name, find a cheap host and be in control all the
>> way.[/color]
>
>
> Yeah, he 'gets it' now. He's asking for help getting this account
> closed, and I'm sure he'll never mess with Geocities again.
>
> Here's a thought...get a @hotmail account and send out 1000s of spams
> advertising your Geocities URL! I bet it gets shut down then!
>
> ...okay, I never said it was a GOOD idea. ;-)[/color]

That's certainly one way to do it, and if Geoshitties, I mean Geocities,
actually takes the site down after that, yet doesn't respond to a
legitimate request from the site owner, something is horribly wrong.

--
Shawn K. Quinn

"Mark Parnell" <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
news:3f26198e$0$23586$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net. au...[color=blue]
> Shawn K. Quinn wrote:[color=green]
> > Tina - AffordableHOST.com wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Here's a thought...get a @hotmail account and send out 1000s of spams
> >> advertising your Geocities URL! I bet it gets shut down then!
> >>
> >> ...okay, I never said it was a GOOD idea. ;-)[/color]
> >
> > That's certainly one way to do it, and if Geoshitties, I mean
> > Geocities, actually takes the site down after that, yet doesn't
> > respond to a legitimate request from the site owner, something is
> > horribly wrong.[/color]
>
> Could be an interesting experiment though...
>
> --
>
> Mark Parnell
> http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au
>[/color]

Thanks for these suggestions, I will probably have to take legal action to
have the site removed. Does anyone have a street address for Yahoo /
Geocities that my lawyer could write to. The "help" that I have been offered
from the automated responses from Geocities is dependent on my being to
login to my e-mail address. However, because this has been cancelled and
Geocities cannot seem to reinstate it, I am in the hopeless position of not
being able to gain access to my own web site, quite bizarre really! Because
the site receives about 5 hits a day, it is unlikely to be closed down due
to lack of activity and the lack of my logging in to amend it. It can be a
serious business if a website is not amended for changes in circumstances, I
wonder if Geocities realises this? Surely a human should respond when this
is clearly asked for in my e-mails.

Regards, Rob

I believe this is the e-mail address to hosting support... this I believe
you don't get an automated response from... but they may have changed. I
did have a phone number but I cant find it at the moment... sorry.

hosting-support@yahoo-inc.com


Hope this helps anyhow
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"Rob" <Robnspam@paradise.net.nz> wrote in message
news:xfhVa.7936$9f7.928914@news02.tsnz.net...[color=blue]
> Several weeks ago I asked Yahoo / Geocities to close both my e-mail[/color]
account[color=blue]
> and my web site. However, something went wrong and Geocities closed only[/color]
my[color=blue]
> e-mail account. Therefore, I can no longer sign in to my Yahoo / Geocities
> e-mail account and I can no longer amend or close the web site. I asked[/color]
for[color=blue]
> the web site to be removed because it had gone out of date and we decided[/color]
it[color=blue]
> was too time consuming to keep it on internet.
>
> I have e-mailed Geocities almost every day for several weeks now, but I
> usually get an automated reply that is not in the least helpful. I am now[/color]
in[color=blue]
> the position where I have a web site that Geocities has kept on internet[/color]
and[color=blue]
> that I cannot in any way deal with. I have even written to abuse@yahoo.com
> and told them that it is an abuse of my rights to keep a web site on
> internet against the wishes and explicit instructions of the authorised
> webmaster. However, this only generated yet another unhelpful automated
> response. I have gone through the suggested procedure to reactivate the
> e-mail account and supplied the correct information. However, this only[/color]
gave[color=blue]
> the response that the e-mail account has been removed and cannot be
> reactivated.
>
> I would be most grateful if anyone has any suggestions on how to deal with
> this problem.
>
> Regards, Rob
>
>
>
>[/color]

Rob wrote:[color=blue]
>
> "Mark Parnell" <webmaster@clarkecomputers.com.au> wrote in message
> news:3f26198e$0$23586$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net. au...[color=green]
> > Shawn K. Quinn wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > Tina - AffordableHOST.com wrote:
> > >
> > >>
> > >> Here's a thought...get a @hotmail account and send out 1000s of spams
> > >> advertising your Geocities URL! I bet it gets shut down then!
> > >>
> > >> ...okay, I never said it was a GOOD idea. ;-)
> > >
> > > That's certainly one way to do it, and if Geoshitties, I mean
> > > Geocities, actually takes the site down after that, yet doesn't
> > > respond to a legitimate request from the site owner, something is
> > > horribly wrong.[/color]
> >
> > Could be an interesting experiment though...
> >
> > --
> >
> > Mark Parnell
> > http://www.clarkecomputers.com.au
> >[/color]
>
> Thanks for these suggestions, I will probably have to take legal action to
> have the site removed. Does anyone have a street address for Yahoo /
> Geocities that my lawyer could write to. The "help" that I have been offered
> from the automated responses from Geocities is dependent on my being to
> login to my e-mail address. However, because this has been cancelled and
> Geocities cannot seem to reinstate it, I am in the hopeless position of not
> being able to gain access to my own web site, quite bizarre really! Because
> the site receives about 5 hits a day, it is unlikely to be closed down due
> to lack of activity and the lack of my logging in to amend it. It can be a
> serious business if a website is not amended for changes in circumstances, I
> wonder if Geocities realises this? Surely a human should respond when this
> is clearly asked for in my e-mails.
>
> Regards, Rob[/color]

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