Announcements


Dec 2003
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all members and guests. Year 2003 saw many corporates jumping into online dating/singles game. Also, we've witnessed few foreign operations springing into Australian market by adding '.au' to the existing web sites and heavily advertising on TV as 'Australian'. If you tried any of those 'so called free sites’ you may have noticed increased volume of spam in your Inbox - that's because your information has been frequently sold for marketing purposes. There is no 'free lunch' so be careful who you give your personal information to. Quite often those sites' providers purposely don't disclose the fact that your information will be given to someone else or hide this in legal disclaimer 'mambo-jumbo'.
Peter and Team

18 May  2003
Mail Server Intermediate Problems
Over the last 2 weeks service experienced problems caused by intermediate malfunction of the mail server. Although this affected only very small number of users any member affected can contact administrator by sending email to Service Interuption (info@datenet.com.au)
Greg

 
30 October 2002
Using account for commercial purposes
Over the last few months on two occasions members used their account for sending commercial information to other members (kind of spam). Those members' accounts have been quickly suspended. In the interest of protecting club member this kind of behaviour will result in immediate ban from using club's facilities.
Peter

22 December 2001
Merry Christmas
Another year passed quickly (how quickly you can tell by number of notifications on the Notice Board ...:-)). It's rather a symptom of lack of problems than anything else. Membership grew substantially (doubled) and few new features were introduced over the year (watch this space in 2002). Please accept our warmest thanks for all your support and have a Joyful Holiday Season.
Peter, Kate and DATENET Team

20 December 2000
Merry Christmas
Finally it's here: Christmas and New Year 2001! Nobody expected the year 2000 to pass by as fast as this. Datenet and its whole team would like to take this opportunity to thank all club members all around the world for their continued support! We wish you all a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year - see you all in 2001.
Peter and DATENET Team

1 October 2000
Email to Admin problem
Our mail server experienced some problems when receiving messages sent to administrator (using 'Write Us' page or emailing directly info@datenet.com.au) over the last two weeks. If you have tried to send us message this way (question, inquiry, etc) or forwarded your photo and haven't received any reply please do it again as we haven't received it. This has been fixed now. Apologies for inconvenience.
Please note that this doesn't affect messages send to other members of the club.

Greg

27 August  2000
New search option for members
The main search form has new option: 'records with Photo first'. This will return  members' records  with photo attached to their accounts first. If this option is unchecked (default) records are returned with the latest members and renewals on top.
 
Greg

24 December 1999
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all club members!
Well it's time to wish you all a very Happy Christmas (Happy Holidays for some) and a great New Year !!! 1999 was a great year for DateNet with membership trippling and almost no technical problems (touch wood ...). Many thanks for your support and Christmas emails.
 
DateNet Team

2 May 1999
Attach Photo to your Profile
Our statistics show that profiles with a photo generate more initial interest. The DateNet system allows you to have your photo attached to your profile. Just send an email with your photo in JPG format to DateNet webmaster (don't forget to state your Alias) and the 'View Photo' option will show up in your profile.
 
Greg

23 December 1998
Thank you !
We would like to thank all DateNet members for the continuing support during 1998 that allowed us to affirm our position as a premier, high quality Australian meeting club for singles. Thanks to an early start (Dec 96) and a club structure (paid membership) we have managed to attract a high calibre of serious people. We have also tried  to maintain a high level of service (less than 24 hrs response time to queries)  and use of the latest Internet technology (fast pages and databases). None of this would be possible without your support. We received many e-mails that reinforced our commitment to driving the Australian exclusive Internet club to new heights.
 
We wish you a beautiful Christmas and a really prosperous New Year !!!
Peter and DATENET Team

19 September 1998
Instant Win!!!
To get the most out of your membership you need to be proactive, as with everything else in life. This is a common message from successful members. To stimulate your 'active demons' we are introducing 'Instant Win' (for a limited time, as we want to be in business next year ...). Every time you send a message to another member you draw a number between 1 and 50. If this number matches the lucky number shown on the main page your last membership will be doubled. So if you joined or renewed by choosing a one month membership you will get an additional month free. If you chose 3 months you get another 3 months FREE! And how does a 1 year membership sound !!! More importantly, your chances to meet the right person will skyrocket.
[Promotion ends on 30 November 1998. Only one win per member allowed]
 
Greg
Winners so far:
Oasis - 3 mths, 23 Sept 98
Capricorn - 1 mth, 23 Sept 98
JD - 1 mth, 24 Sept 98
Stunning - 1 mth, 26 Sept 98
CraigS - 1 mth, 15 Oct 98
Hawk - 3 mths, 18 Oct 98
Panther - 1 mth, 28 Oct 98
Sagittarian - 1 mh, 28 Oct 98
latin - 6 mths, 15 Nov 98
lilly - 1 mth, 15 Nov 98
aqua15 - 1 mth, 14 Nov 98
H - 3 mths, 17 Nov 98
lizard of oz - 3 mths, 23 Nov 98

21 July 1998
Hide/Show your record
Once you have become a member your profile can be seen by others unless you hide it. We suggest you hide your profile if your membership expired and you don't want to receive messages from other members. Select HIDE/SHOW PROFILE from the main page or click here.
 
Greg

18 January 1998
Email History Check
As an ongoing effort to enhance our Members' facilities we have introduced the 'Email History' section. It can be accessed from the 'Members Only' area by pressing 'Check your Email History' button. As emails can be lost on the Internet (although that is very rare) you can verify it by looking at all messages sent to you and asking another member to resend it.
When sending a message to another member you can check 'CC Yourself' box and a copy of the message will be sent to you. One practical idea is to create a 'DATENET Contacts' folder in your email reader and file all the messages received from other members and copies of messages sent so you can refer to them in the future.
 
Greg

24 December 1997
Thank you!
Thank you for your support and hundreds of Christmas messages. We wish you a beautiful holiday season filled with the warmth of friends and loved ones. Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday Season from all of us at Internet Dating Network !
 
Peter and DATENET Team

17 November 1997
Send A Christmas Card
Send a FREE Christmas Card in 1 minute. Select one of the beautiful images and let your friend know that you think of him/her. Visit our Holiday Cards Centre.

Peter

21 September 1997
Hide profile
Members can now hide their profiles. You have full access to member's facilities but your profile is not visible to others. That can be useful in various situations: going on a holiday or business trip and being able to respond to received messages, etc. To have your profile hidden send a request to the webmaster.

Peter

27 June 1997
Chat
As a part of our program to offer more facilities to our members in 1997 DATENET   now has a Chat area. It's a limited time trial with one room open to everybody. Our Chat supports standard IRC clients as well as more advanced Comic Chat (where you can select a comic character and express your feelings in a graphical way). Read more details about how to a access this facility in our Chat Info page. If you are new to chatting on the Internet use one of the search engines to find more information. Also make sure to read the documentation included in your chat client program and if you have any questions email them to the software vendor.
Enjoy !

Peter

12 June 1997
Member from USA, alias 'EM4SF', is looking for a partner to share holidays in Bali (beginning of July). Drop him a line if you are interested.
 
Peter

11 June 1997
Advice
Occasionally we have members who say "I've submitted my profile but I haven't received any email". Well .. If all of us did just that nobody would receive any messages! The feedback we are getting from members that are successful is: YOU HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE AND NEVER GIVE UP. So send lots of emails and don't feel put down if you don't receive a reply the next day :-)
 
Peter

16 March 1997
LADIES FREE TRAIL
For limited time ladies receive a one month FREE membership. To take advantage of this offer select 'OTHER' as the method of payment when joining and put the word 'LADIES' in the 'Name on Card' field (see below). Your membership application will be reviewed shortly. All current female members will be credited one month membership automatically (you don't have to do anything).
 
Peter

28 February 1997
 
The whole DATENET web server has been upgraded. A new generation of applications has been installed that will allow us to add new features for our members.. If you notice anything "suspicious" in the site functionality please let us know.
Greg

28 February 1997
 
We have a winner of our February promotion. 'lacer' gets 3 months' worth of DATENET membership. Congratulations !
 
Greg

26 January 1997
February Promotion
JOIN or RENEW NOW and you could WIN 3 months' membership. Offer closes 28 February 1997. All the active members go into the draw automatically. The draw will take place on 28 February, at 21:00. Results will be published on the DATENET Notice Board the same day.
 
Peter

19 January 1997
The ‘Update Your Profile’ option is case sensitive. When you login to the ‘Members Only’ area make sure you type your UserID exactly as it reads in your profile. If your UserID is ‘Big One’, you can get to the ‘Members Only’ area by typing ‘big one’ or ‘BIG ONE’ but ‘Update Your Profile’ will show nothing. You have to login as ‘Big One’.
 
Greg

13 January 1997
A Profile Update option is now included in MEMBERS ONLY area. Use it with caution ...
 
Greg

 
12 January 1997
To check your subscription expiry date, select JOIN/RENEW, put your ALIAS in Existing Membership box and press the ‘Go to renewals’ button.
 
Greg

 
3 January 1997
We wish you a HAPPY, FUN-FILLED AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR! Thank you for your support during the last 4 weeks and we look forward to having your company in 1997.
 
Paul, Kathy, Greg and all the team members.

 
16 Dec 1996
It takes only a few seconds to generate your password when you join DATENET. New members should receive a UserID and Password within few minutes. However, those details are emailed to the address given during registration. If this information is not correct (e.g..: one letter dropped) it will never reach you.
Also a few candidates totally forget to put their e-mail address (leaving default). Unfortunately, they had to be removed from the database and will have to enrol again. If you haven't received your password within a few minutes of registering please send an e-mail to DATENET webmaster.
 
Greg

7 Dec 1996
Hooray! After over two months of extensive preparation and software development Internet Dating Network is on-line! Our developers will finally get some sleep. The developers and webmaster used the latest Microsoft technology to build this site. As it is 'bleeding edge technology' it's not always bug free (softly speaking). We hope you'll enjoy using this site. As this is the first phase we welcome any suggestions or remarks you may have.
 
Take advantage of this months special offer (one month membership free). There are many exciting new things that we have planned for club members over the next few months. So check out this Notice Board frequently and check the Do you want to receive updates from DATENET by mail option during enrolment.
 
Welcome to the Internet Dating Network !
 
Kathy

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