Monday, November 19, 2007

R.I.P. EarthLink WebLife

This just in my inbox:


Dear WebLife Subscriber,

We're writing to let you know that due to market trends, we
will be discontinuing EarthLink WebLife on January 7, 2008
at 12:00 a.m. Eastern.

We apologize for this inconvenience and thank you for your
subscription to WebLife. We hope this email will help explain
what to expect.

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SCHEDULE OF WEBLIFE DISCONTINUATION:
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* Today through December 7th -- Normal Access. No changes.

* December 7th through January 7th at 12:00 a.m. Eastern --
Limited Access. You will be able to download files, but not
upload or share them.

* After January 7th -- No Access. WebLife will be discontinued
and all remaining files deleted.

IMPORTANT: Please save all your WebLife files (including photos
and other files) to your computer's hard disk or to another back-
up option. After January 7, 2008 at 12:00 a.m. Eastern, those
files will be deleted and can not be recovered by you or
EarthLink.

After saving your WebLife files elsewhere, you can remove
WebLife from your computer by clicking the link below and
following the prompts. Your computer may restart once WebLife
has been removed. Please be sure to save any files that you are
working on or have open before clicking the link:
http://csupdate.earthlink.net/win/weblife/WebLifeUninstall.exe

If you have questions about removing WebLife, please call
Technical Support at 888-EarthLink (888-327-8454).

Please note: Any prepaid balance will be credited to your
account, which will appear on your next EarthLink invoice.

If you need assistance, you can trade real-time
messages with a friendly Live Chat representative:
http://support.earthlink.net/chat

Once again, we apologize for the inconvenience and thank you
for your subscription.

Sincerely,

EarthLink Customer Support

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

And so it continues. Long live Reader... For now...

Chris Holland said...

heh. Krispy didn't tell you? heh.

Chris Holland said...

i *will* freak out when they take faves down. dude. I've got all my life in there :(

Ernest Millan said...

Well, at this rate I'll be ready and waiting to re-register the 'earthlink.net' domain once they drop that too. Maybe put up a page full of links. Uh, wait a minute...

Anonymous said...

This blog is deader than a door nail.

Anonymous said...

Perhaps like with an old beautiful building it simply needs some sweet, tender hipsters to swoop in and give it some of that ol' fashioned renovation love and attention.

Oh and BTW...

HACK!!!