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From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
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To: Santos <casd@myrealbox.com>,
	Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
Subject: Re: HEADS UP: I'm blocking Yahoo!
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:02:50 -0800
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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.

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

Wes Peters                                                   Softweyr LLC
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