From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 26 9:22:36 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A4637B401; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:22:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from smtp-relay.omnis.com (smtp-relay.omnis.com [216.239.128.27]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 599A643FDD; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:22:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wes@softweyr.com) Received: from salty.rapid.stbernard.com (corp-2.ipinc.com [199.245.188.2]) by smtp-relay.omnis.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98A0C43FFB; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:18:06 -0800 (PST) From: Wes Peters Organization: Softweyr.com To: Greg 'groggy' Lehey Subject: Re: HEADS UP: I'm blocking Yahoo! Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:18:05 -0800 User-Agent: KMail/1.5 Cc: Santos , developers@FreeBSD.org, chat@FreeBSD.org References: <20030219022940.GC17256@wantadilla.lemis.com> <200302240902.50478.wes@softweyr.com> <20030225055735.GD21727@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <20030225055735.GD21727@wantadilla.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200302260918.05289.wes@softweyr.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Monday 24 February 2003 21:57, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > On Monday, 24 February 2003 at 9:02:50 -0800, Wes Peters wrote: > > 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. > > You're missing the point. This message was send by Yahoo!, not an > anonymous spammer. No, I'm not missing the point. Do you still have an active Yahoo! account? Have you unsubscribed from Yahoo! Delivers? Have you fed the offending messages back into your Bayesian filter? 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. That's like selling petrol to everyone except Ford drivers. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message