1. Email: Some accounts have inboxes which are overloaded or have been used to forward large amounts of spam (see #2. below), and have been temporarily blocked. Try deleting emails in your inbox and emails in any sub-folders you may have, and please contact us (help @ scn. org) if you believe your account needs to be unblocked.
Also, Telnet and SSH access to 'scn.org' for the SCN 'Main Menu' (Freeport), used for access to Pine (#4 Email Menu) and other SCN services, has been discontinued.
Email Forwarding: Support for email forwarding is no longer possible,
due to the flow of spam through SCN servers. Please use an email
client or webmail to access your SCN email directly.
Please use a standard email client such as Thunderbird, Pop Peeper, Outlook, etc; with IMAP email access.
Or, use 'SCN WebMail' (link provided on the SCN homepage).
Some free email clients may be found at 'Email Checkers for Windows (click here)' and ' Email Clients for Mac (click here).
The settings for scn.org user email with email clients should be as follows:
IMAP - incoming mail:
incoming mail server: mail.scn.org
protocol: IMAP
port: 993
require authentication: username and password
security: SSL, normal password
SMTP - outgoing mail:
outgoing mail server: mail.scn.org
protocol: SMTP
port: 465
require authentication: username and password
security: SSL, normal password
2. Spam: And, please note, you will never receive unsolicited email from SCN suggesting that you make any reply, asking to click on any link, or suggesting you take any action with your account.
So do not take any action (other than delete the email) unless you know the username@scn.org to whom you may reply, or you have requested info from help@ scn. org. You may also check with the Federal Trade Commission 'FTC.gov' (click here)
for how to report spam.
3. WebMail:
Webmail (click here)
4. 'User Websites' (www.scn.org/~username/): Currently 'User' websites are down, and may be down for some time, while the system is being updated.
5. SCN Website: Ongoing maintenance will involve an extensive edit of the SCN web site content, which will include removing obsolete information, links and link trees, buttons, etc. If there is some particular piece of content on which you depend, or if you find a site that is out-of-date or not available, please contact the help desk.
6. Dialup: Dialup access to SCN has been discontinued. Free dialup is available from providers such as NetZero (click here) and Juno (click here) which are limited to 10hrs per month.
7. The SCN system is also undergoing much-needed maintenance,
requiring significant time from our volunteers. Some of you may be
experiencing longer-than-usual response times when requesting account
registration changes and using other SCN services.
8. We need your volunteer skills! If you are interested in
volunteering to help with web editing, system maintenance, help desk,
the computer give-away program, or something else, please contact
help@scn.org.
Our mailing address is:
Seattle Community Network Association
PO Box 15942
Seattle WA 98115
We apologize for any inconvenience you may be experiencing with our services and appreciate your patience.
- The SCN Volunteers
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