[TriLUG] RHN Subscription Terms - Slightly Pathological

[Michael Thompson]

IIRC, you now must fill out the questionnaire every few months to keep
the free accounts open.  If you purchase a RHN account then you dont
have to do this.  I would assume that in order to change your account
settings (email notifications) you would have to re-activate your
account in order to make the changes.

HTH,

--mike

On Wed, 2003-04-09 at 11:26, Scott Chilcote wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm not one of these people who barks about every commercially oriented 
> move RH makes.  I'd like them to be very successful, along with the 
> majority of OS business ventures.
> 
> On the other hand, I'm finding their current RHN setup to be very 
> annoying.  After installing 7.3 I signed up to RHN.  After a while it 
> expired, and I found that I needed to fill out a long form in order to 
> reactivate it.  Great, maybe I'll get to it someday, but I have other 
> priorities.
> 
> The problem is that I'm still getting all of these RHN notifications to 
> my email address, and there's no way to shut the $#%@! things off 
> without completing their questionnaire to reactivate my account!
> 
> I clicked on the "click here to change your errata alert preferences" 
> link and it says "Account Disabled".  I have to complete their survey 
> and reactivate my account before any changes will take effect.
> 
> I have never heard of a "you must re-register in order to opt out" 
> policy before, and I'm finding this more than a little annoying.
> 
> Anyone know something about this that I've overlooked?  Is it not as bad 
> as it seems?  At this point, I don't care to use RHN anymore, and I'd 
> like a straightforward way to turn off their frequent notifications.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>             Scott C.
> 
> 
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