From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 26 17: 2:58 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 A6B9E37B401 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:02:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51.attbi.com [204.127.198.38]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3334343FA3 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 17:02:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fearow@attbi.com) Received: from god.woofcat.com (12-251-110-17.client.attbi.com[12.251.110.17]) by rwcrmhc51.attbi.com (rwcrmhc51) with SMTP id <2003022701025405100l4imee>; Thu, 27 Feb 2003 01:02:54 +0000 Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:02:51 -0600 From: Anti To: Warren Block 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> Organization: Woofcat X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.8.10 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:59:02 -0700 (MST) Warren Block 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