From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 26 19:47:23 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 D9DB137B401 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:47:21 -0800 (PST) Received: from wonkity.com (wonkity.com [65.173.111.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06A0543FCB for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 19:47:21 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from wonkity.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by wonkity.com (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h1R3lI1Y070327; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:47:18 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Received: from localhost (wblock@localhost) by wonkity.com (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) with ESMTP id h1R3lH2M070324; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:47:18 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from wblock@wonkity.com) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 20:47:17 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block To: Anti Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HEADS UP: I'm blocking Yahoo! In-Reply-To: <20030226190251.6ae7051f.fearow@attbi.com> Message-ID: <20030226195650.I70244@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> <20030226190251.6ae7051f.fearow@attbi.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII 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, Anti wrote: > On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 16:59:02 -0700 (MST) > Warren Block wrote: > > > > 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" ...not yet, maybe. > 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... Yahoo had their chance; I didn't start rejecting them until they became a problem. If they start being responsible, I can set up something less restrictive. Until then, Yahoo's mail is not welcome on my system. Anyone with a "legit" message can send it from a "legit" email provider. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message