.Mac: "Trial" account = no service; Paid account = server responds

[redmanu2]

So I've been having a hell of time the last month or so just trying to successfully connect to .Mac to check my email. It's almost been like the apple servers were getting DOSed when I tried. I just upgraded to a paid .Mac account however, and got right through. This after spending an hour this morning not being able to get any response from their servers at all.

So... Just one more big "up yours!" from Apple to all their "Trial" .Mac account holders who helped them launch the service.

[mervTormel]

well, i get right in on my trial, so perhaps there was a problem with your account, which is now an unexplorable issue.

[AKcrab]

My trial account is working fine, as well.

[bassi]

My trial account works fine, playing with backup works fine to my iDisk.