http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=21 The Behold User Forum Topic: Plimus http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/blog/../beholddiscuss.gif Posts by Louis Kessler are Copyright 2000-2013 Louis Kessler, All Rights Reserved. Posts by others belong to the people who made them. en http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-82 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 18:00:02 GMT lkessler 82@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ I've had second thoughts on this. The biggest problem with the free e-mail accounts is that they are throwaway. The account could vanish at any time, and they are not reliable for e-commerce.<br><br>I suspect most adults who take on genealogy as a hobby, must have a regular e-mail account with their ISP and maybe have a bunch of free e-mail accounts they use for whatever - probably to help prevent spam or to provide a means they can't be easily tracked for certain activities. It does seem prudent not to allow those other accounts for e-commerce.<br><br>Although I only use my lkessler.com e-mail address, my kids have several Hotmail and Yahoo accounts they use, and they can list themselves as anybody of any age from anywhere.<br><br>I've set my setting back and put a line at the bottom of my Buy Now page in bold stating: "Please note: You cannot use a free email account such as Hotmail or Yahoo to order."<br><br>I'd be happy to hear anyone's comments on this.<br><br>Louis <br> Report a Problem http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-79 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 04:14:39 GMT lkessler 79@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ Thanks for letting me know this. <br><br>I didn't realize it, but by default Plimus does not accept Hotmail, Yahoo and other free accounts. Their reason (they say) is that 97.3 percent of fraudulent orders are submitted from e-mail addresses originating from a free e-mail service. <br><br>I can see that being a problem for people selling games and music programs, but I would think it wouldn't be a major problem for genealogy programs. So I have changed my setting to now allow free e-mail accounts.<br><br>I don't know why they were slow in sending your license number and confirmation. I will send them an e-mail and ask them about that.<br><br>Sorry that you're the one who was faced with this. But that's why I am alpha testing - to get everything working right, including early problems with my order processing service.<br><br>Louis Report a Problem http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/topic.php?id=21#post-76 Sun, 03 Apr 2005 00:09:54 GMT Beth 76@http://www.beholdgenealogy.com/forum/ Plimus refuses to use my free email account from hotmail; also slow in sending license number and confirmation; I received a message 2 hours ago that they were evaluating my purchase data. <br><br>Kindest regards,<br>Beth G. Report a Problem