Articles by Semo.net Management

We want to remind users that Semo.net’s Support department will never email you asking for your username and password, or asking you to download a file to update settings. We’ve seen another incident of a scammer trying to steal users’ accounts by emailing them claiming to be Semo.net Support. If you receive such an email, do not reply to it or any address contained within, and do not click any links asking you to update or verify settings. Please simply delete the email.

We have blocked all email going to the address specified in the spam so if someone does send their information it should not make it to the sender. We have also contacted the originating ISP about the spam and they have identified the sender and turned off that account.

If you’re ever in doubt about if an email came from us, please do not hesitate to call our office.

Some users have reported receiving suspicious emails which claim to be from Semo.net support, asking for information about their account. These are not from our staff, and should not be replied to. Semo.net staff will never ask for your password over email. If you are ever unsure about whether an email is from us, please do not hesitate to call our office at 1-877-686-9114.

After internal discussion, we have decided to no longer offer Usenet “newsgroup” access with our Internet service. This only affects users who were accessing newsgroups using the “news.semo.net” address; not our semo.net weblog or the news headlines on our homepage. The small number of users who were making use of the service, as well as the general shift of most Internet users away from that network over the last decade, mean that it has been a losing proposition for us for several years now.

We know that some people are very fond of Usenet access, though. For those users, we want to recommend that they move to an individual newsgroup service from a provider like GigaNews, who run the servers that we have been providing access to for the past eight years. They offer service for as low as $2.99 per month, and can provide specialized plans depending on your individual downloading requirements. You can also find most Usenet discussion groups on the web at Google Groups for free.

Microsort has released a critical patch for all versions of Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2000, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008 running the Server service. The vulnerability fixed by this patch could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on your Windows server. Semo.net and Microsoft strongly advise that everyone download and install this patch. The installation only takes a couple of minutes, and you will have to reboot the computer when complete.

If you or your company would like a certified computer technician to make this change, contact semo.net at 573.686.9114. The cost will be $20 plus $0.40 per mile from our Poplar Bluff office (if additional patches are necessary prior to installing this patch extra charges will apply).

As Monday evening approached, both coaches did all they could to trim the nerves of these 8- to 10-year-olds as they took the field for the semi-finals game against Lynch’s Lawn Service. After an entire season where double-digit leads were common and balls were hit to the fence nearly every inning, it was hard for fans, coaches and players to keep their wits in a low-scoring, defensive duel.

By the end of the game, it was clear that semo.net’s bats were not going to come alive and it was up to their defensive skills to keep them in the game. Going into the top of the sixth and last inning, semo.net took the field leading 2 – 1. Read the rest of this entry »

We will be increasing our total bandwidth to the Internet tomorrow, June 5th. As part of this process, AT&T will be moving our upstream circuit to a different fiber optic connection. When this change is made, there is a small chance that users will be unable to access the Internet for approximately five minutes. The work is scheduled to take place between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM.

Update, Feb 15: It appears that the phone company is having problems with some local lines again.  Until they are able to resolve this problem, if you need technical support, please email support@semo.net.