I can understand that money is needed – but why was there no appeal or communication I wonder? I used the service around May and there was no mention then, and have not looked since On 31 August 2013 11:46, Russ Lamb <jayasphere@skymesh.com.au> wrote: > I received the following reply after making an enquirey direct to the > administrators of the birdingpals website. I’d still feel more comfortable > hearing about this from Knud Rasmussen whom I’ve always associated with > birdingpals. > > Russ Lamb > —– Original Message —– > From: Contact Pals > To: jayasphere@skymesh.com.au > Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2013 12:09 AM > Subject: Re: ContactAdmin: fee for contacting a birdingpal > > > We were brought down this spring by a auto spam attack and had to pay for > professional hosting. We have been providing this service at our own > expense for more than eleven years. We need help. > > > > We are hoping that the Pals who appreciate the service will donate by > purchasing a passphrase also, but you don’t have to. > > > > Vince > > Contact Pals Admin > > > > > > > > ——————————————————————————– > From: “jayasphere@skymesh.com.au” <jayasphere@skymesh.com.au> > To: contactAdmin@contactpals.org > Sent: Friday, August 30, 2013 1:37 AM > Subject: ContactAdmin: fee for contacting a birdingpal > > > Contact Admin, > > I have been registered as a birding-pal for a number of years. Is it true > that people now have to pay a fee to be able to make contact with a > registered birding-pal? Who decided this and why? > Why were registered birdingpals not informed of this significant change in > policy? Russ Lamb > > ———————————– > > senderIp = 180.181.122.194 > senderIpNote = > senderId = linx1410a15265 > senderEmail = jayasphere@skymesh.com.au > senderNickname = R. Lamb > senderCounrty = > senderCity = > > ContactAdmin.jsp > > > =============================== > > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, > send the message: > unsubscribe > (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) > to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au > > http://birding-aus.org > =============================== > — Dave Torr *Save the Planet* It’s the only one with chocolate. And besides I haven’t seen all the birds yet. =============================== To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send the message: unsubscribe (in the body of the message, with no Subject line) to: birding-aus-request@vicnet.net.au http://birding-aus.org ===============================