Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:02:51 -0600 From: Anti <fearow@attbi.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: wes@softweyr.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: I'm blocking Yahoo! Message-ID: <20030226190251.6ae7051f.fearow@attbi.com> In-Reply-To: <20030226164931.H69929@wonkity.com> References: <20030219022940.GC17256@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200302240902.50478.wes@softweyr.com> <20030225055735.GD21727@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200302260918.05289.wes@softweyr.com> <20030226164931.H69929@wonkity.com>
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On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:59:02 -0700 (MST) Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Wes Peters wrote: > > > I fully appreciate what a problem spam is, especially when you have > > to pay to recieve the crap, but question whether simply blocking > > one of the largest email providers in the world is really an effective > > tool. > > Yes, it's an effective tool. Large providers have large duties to > control spam. Blocking the provider can give them an incentive to be > responsible. > > In the meantime, I don't feel like trying to clean up Yahoo's problem. > Those who wish to send email from Yahoo can decide whether they're happy > with the situation or want to move to some other provider that isn't > widely rejected. i hardly think yahoo is "widely rejected" except by those too ignorant to implement a better solution to block spam than rejecting all mail from a major provider... such ignorant people hurt only themselves and those who try to send them legit email... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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