This is for testing only. This is not a real sign-up page.

upenn.talk sign up

On June 30th, Penn's usenet server netnews.upenn.edu will be shut down forever. The upenn.talk community has decided to continue upenn.talk on a new usenet server, graciously managed by Jeffrey Vinocur. This page tells you how to get access to the new server.

To sign up for an account on the new server, you can fill in the form below to generate an email for Jeffrey that contains all the necessary information. (If you prefer to generate the passwd entry on your own, follow the instructions below.)

                     
Fill in your name. (eg: Joe Smith)
This should be your real name. It doesn't have to be the same name that appears in newsgroup posts (that name gets set in your newsreader). For example, you can enter "Joe Smith" here, but post as "Mr Bubbles".
Fill in your email address. (eg: joe@example.com)
This should be an email address that you can be reached at if there's a problem with your account. This will also act as your username when you give your username and password to access the server. This doesn't have to be the same email address that appears in your posts (that email address gets set in your newsreader).
Create a password:
This doesn't have to be your Pennkey password. Don't worry, your password won't be sent over the innernets. However, newsreaders don't always encrypt passwords, so you probably shouldn't re-use a password that you use for important accounts.
Briefly describe how you are or were affiliated with Penn:
(eg: "I was a BS student from 98-03")
Click the magic button:
This will put all the data in a form that Jeffrey can use.
Create an email for Jeffrey.

You can create a pre-filled message by pressing this button:.

Or, you can create an email for jeff-newsaccountrequest@litech.org using your favorite email program, and copy and paste the the text in the 'message contents' box on the right into that message.

message contents:
Send the email.
And wait for Jeffrey to confirm your registration.
 
 

Connecting to the server

Once Jeffrey adds your account to the server, you can connect to the server using your favorite newsreader. The proper settings are:

Generating the data manually

If you don't want to use the form to auto-generate the sign up data, you need to email the following information to Jeffrey at jeff-newsaccountrequest@litech.org: