yebo

["Christoph J. Schneebacher" <christo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

I'm new to this list although not that new to linux (I'm using it since
'94 starting with Slackware, then Debian, RedHat and currently SuSE 6.0).

I had my box connecting to the internet nicely through a dial up
connection at the time when I had my private e-mail with mweb. But when
those people upgraded their modems to V.90 there side all of a sudden
refused to let me in (in Pta or Jhb - I could always log into their Durban
number - long distance :-(  ). I moved then over to yebo and connecting
through micros~1 works most of the time. There is a silly string that I
have to send across - something like "yebo/12345678@yebo" instead of a
username.

My appologies if this has been discussed already - but you must admit, the
archive of messages is just too big to read through all the messages.
Nevertheless, I found that Theunis de Jongh has got his account with yebo
as well. 

To cut a long story short, this is what happens: My setup script dials in,
negotiates, and then the modem hangs up. Sometimes I find in the
/var/log/messages AUTHENTICATION ERROR. I believe those special characters
like "/" or "@" are messing me around. I've obiously tried to type in my
username as well as the 8 digit number in between the those funny chars,
but with no success. 

Any hint, that solves my problem is highly appreciated.

With best regards,

  Christoph J. Schneebacher