Peach Downtime and Mango Instability

Once again, there have been issues with the hosting provider of Mango and Peach was has caused some prolonged downtime and instability. As a result of this, Both Mango and Peach will be moved within the next 2 days to another provider.

We apologize for the inconvenience caused by the constant issues with Mango over the last few months and the recent downtime of Peach.

Downtime of the Request Bot

Our bot, BNC4FREE, is currently experiencing downtime. This will not be fixed for another few days. We have currently set up a replacement bot on EvoSurge IRC Network (irc.evosurge.net). Requesting is only available on that IRC network at this moment. All other features that our bot has, are also only available on that network. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Our sincere apologies,

BNC4FREE Staff Team

Inactive and Unused Account Deletion

Any inactive accounts on all of our servers will be deleted during Sunday 16th March 2014. Your account will only be deleted if the following criteria is met:

• Your account has not been accessed for 60 days or more
• Your account was accepted more than 7 days ago and has never been accessed
• Your account is on DALNet, QuakeNet, Undernet, Rizon, EFNet, ICQ, Mindforge, Espernet or Freenode and has not been used for 30 days
• Your account was suspended and you have not appealed it in the last 7 Days

These accounts will be deleted by 23:00 GMT+0 on Sunday 16th March 2014. If your account matches one of the above criteria, you will either need to login to avoid deletion or if in the event that your account is suspended, contact us on IRC to resolve the issue. Thanks.

Inactive and Unused Account Deletion

Any inactive accounts on all of our servers will be deleted during Sunday 16th February 2014. Your account will only be deleted if the following criteria is met:

• Your account has not been accessed for 60 days or more
• Your account was accepted more than 7 days ago and has never been accessed
• Your account is on DALNet, QuakeNet, Undernet, Rizon, EFNet, ICQ, Mindforge, Espernet or Freenode and has not been used for 30 days
• Your account was suspended and you have not appealed it in the last 7 Days

These accounts will be deleted by 17:00 GMT+0 on Sunday 16th February 2014. If your account matches one of the above criteria, you will either need to login to avoid deletion or if in the event that your account is suspended, contact us on IRC to resolve the issue. Thanks.

Inactive and Unused Account Deletion

Any inactive accounts on all of our servers will be deleted during Tuesday 14th January 2014. Your account will only be deleted if the following criteria is met:

• Your account has not been accessed for 60 days or more
• Your account was accepted more than 7 days ago and has never been accessed
• Your account is on DALNet, QuakeNet, Undernet, Rizon, EFNet, ICQ, Mindforge, Espernet or Freenode and has not been used for 30 days
• Your account was suspended and you have not appealed it in the last 7 Days

These accounts will be deleted by 17:00 GMT+0 on Tuesday 14th January 2014. If your account matches one of the above criteria, you will either need to login to avoid deletion or if in the event that your account is suspended, contact us on IRC to resolve the issue. Thanks.

Christmas/New Year Information

Christmas and New Year are both major events coming up this week and next week so with this in mind, it is highly likely that some of our staff may be unavailable and have other commitments during the Christmas period. What this means is, it may take us slightly longer to process requests than usual and deal with any reports/support queries.

Requests this year will be processed between 11:00 GMT and 17:00 GMT on Christmas Day this year by myself and anyone else who is available. New Years Eve arrangements have not yet been made. With regards to other days with possibly the exception of Boxing Day, service should be as normal. More information will be posted when we can determine the situation of who is and isn’t available for New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to process requests and help out.

It has been decided that on New Year’s Eve, nobody will be expected to process requests or available for support. In the unlikely event that a server fails, I will however be around to resolve that. If anyone is around to process requests and support (which is unlikely as we’ll probably all be drunk), then you’ll be very fortunate.

We hope that you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Inactive and Unused Account Deletion

Any inactive accounts on all of our servers will be deleted during Saturday 7th December 2013. Your account will only be deleted if the following criteria is met:

• Your account has not been accessed for 60 days or more
• Your account was accepted more than 7 days ago and has never been accessed
• Your account is on DALNet, QuakeNet, Undernet, Rizon, EFNet, ICQ, Mindforge or Freenode and has not been used for 30 days
• Your account was suspended and you have not appealed it in the last 7 Days

These accounts will be deleted by 17:00 GMT+0 on Saturday 7th December 2013. If your account matches one of the above criteria, you will either need to login to avoid deletion or if in the event that your account is suspended, contact us on IRC to resolve the issue. Thanks.

New Staff

Dear users,

We are pleased to introduce our two brand new staff members: fppe and Jordy!

Dynamic, friendly and extremely helpful. Three keywords that describe them perfectly.

Congratulations, welcome aboard!

The full staff list and their attributions can be seen here.

Would you like to be a BNC4FREE staff member? You can always apply here and you might have a chance to join our team!

Also, we value your feedback, so you can always send us some here.

Best regards,

BNC4FREE Management

Inactive and Unused Account Deletion

Any inactive accounts on all of our servers will be deleted during Sunsday 15th September 2013. Your account will only be deleted if the following criteria is met:

• Your account has not been accessed for 60 days or more
• Your account was accepted more than 7 days ago and has never been accessed
• Your account is on DALNet, QuakeNet, Undernet, Rizon, EFNet, ICQ, Mindforge or Freenode and has not been used for 30 days
• Your account was suspended and you have not appealed it in the last 7 Days

These accounts will be deleted by 17:00 GMT+0 on Sunday 15th September 2013. If your account matches one of the above criteria, you will either need to login to avoid deletion or if in the event that your account is suspended, contact us on IRC to resolve the issue. Thanks.

GRNet and UnderNet will stay suspended until further notice

Dear users,

We are sorry to inform you that the GRNet IRC network has been suspended due to reaching the maximum IP session limit. Thus, requesting a BNC for this network is no longer possible until further notice. Accounts that are currently connected to GRNet will not be affected.

UPDATE 10.09.2013: UnderNet is now in the same situation and has been suspended as well.

Sorry for the inconveniences.

Regards,

BNC4FREE Staff Team