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Date:      Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:02:50 -0800
From:      Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
To:        Santos <casd@myrealbox.com>, Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Cc:        developers@FreeBSD.org, chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: I'm blocking Yahoo!
Message-ID:  <200302240902.50478.wes@softweyr.com>
In-Reply-To: <3E583D9C.9000204@myrealbox.com>
References:  <20030219022940.GC17256@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3E583D9C.9000204@myrealbox.com>

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On Saturday 22 February 2003 19:18, Santos wrote:
> Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote:
> > I've just received the following spam from Yahoo!, not for the first
> > time.  I've complained in the past, and have had no response.  So: I'm
> > blocking them.  They're no longer the good guys in my eyes.
> >
> > If you are using Yahoo!, you will not be able to send mail to me.  You
> > will be able to contact me if you put a yahoo.com address in the
> > Reply-To: header.
> >
> > Greg
>
> Why not a whitelist? I seriously doubt that the spamers will reply.
> And the people with good intentions will be able to contact you. It
> will cut spam in a efective way.

So will SpamAssassin, and without resorting to killing the messenger.

-- 
         "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"

Wes Peters                                                   Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com                                     http://softweyr.com/



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