[TriLUG] RHN Subscription Terms - Slightly Pathological

[Scott Chilcote]

Hi Folks,

I'm not one of these people who barks about every commercially oriented 
move RH makes.  I'd like them to be very successful, along with the 
majority of OS business ventures.

On the other hand, I'm finding their current RHN setup to be very 
annoying.  After installing 7.3 I signed up to RHN.  After a while it 
expired, and I found that I needed to fill out a long form in order to 
reactivate it.  Great, maybe I'll get to it someday, but I have other 
priorities.

The problem is that I'm still getting all of these RHN notifications to 
my email address, and there's no way to shut the $#%@! things off 
without completing their questionnaire to reactivate my account!

I clicked on the "click here to change your errata alert preferences" 
link and it says "Account Disabled".  I have to complete their survey 
and reactivate my account before any changes will take effect.

I have never heard of a "you must re-register in order to opt out" 
policy before, and I'm finding this more than a little annoying.

Anyone know something about this that I've overlooked?  Is it not as bad 
as it seems?  At this point, I don't care to use RHN anymore, and I'd 
like a straightforward way to turn off their frequent notifications.

Thanks.

            Scott C.