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Date:      Tue, 25 Feb 2003 16:27:35 +1030
From:      Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        Santos <casd@myrealbox.com>, developers@FreeBSD.org, chat@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: HEADS UP: I'm blocking Yahoo!
Message-ID:  <20030225055735.GD21727@wantadilla.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <200302240902.50478.wes@softweyr.com>
References:  <20030219022940.GC17256@wantadilla.lemis.com> <3E583D9C.9000204@myrealbox.com> <200302240902.50478.wes@softweyr.com>

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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.

Greg
--
See complete headers for address and phone numbers
Please note: we block mail from major spammers, notably yahoo.com.
See http://www.lemis.com/yahoospam.html for further details.

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