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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...


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