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Failed, it seems, to work on .uqconnect.edu.au addresses. I don't know if you have to use .uq.edu.au or if that wouldn't also work.

Sucks, I was looking forward to this.

If they see a lot from an insecure uni I'd assume they would take action.

It seems like they're detecting browser user agent (and possibly IP)

I'm not going to abuse this myself, but at MIT you can create seemingly-unlimited @mit.edu email addresses using Moira.

Getting a bunch of fresh IPs might be trickier, but you could probably wander around different WiFi access points, use the CSAIL OpenStack installation, or maybe just renew a DHCP lease a bunch.

User-agents a easy to find and change with a browser extension (or scripting).

Does not work with uts.edu.au address.

Does not work with utas.edu.au either.