Journal admbws's Journal: Netscape.net Mail (probably) Dead 1
And what a pain in the arse way of discovering so. I use (used to use) a netscape.net email address, for (among other things) my email address for IRC networks.
Today, I tried to identify on an IRC network with particularly poorly thought-out services, and found that it did not work. A few hours later, after an argument with a terminally stupid and largely unhelpful IRCOp in #help, it became apparent what had happened. Last night, an unknown user tried to crack my registered nick. After three attempts, it automatically generates a new password, replacing the old one, and mails it to the email address provided at registration (which if it isn't a security vulnerability, it's extremely poor design).
Ok, so I try and log on to the Netscape email address, and find it no longer functions. Mailing a 'test' email from an account yeilds a fairly standard Unknown User bounce. Now, whether they killed Netscape Mail when they killed Netscape and didn't update the website, or whether they killed the account because I hadn't logged in for a while, I have no idea. What is for sure, is that I can now no longer access my netscape.net email, and most importantly, I'm not able to recieve my supposedly "new" nick password.
There you go. (Score:2)
How sad. What a shame. Never mind.