On Wed, 20 Nov 2002 11:48:15 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: > Also my Unix shell account at "http://sdf.lonestar.org"; blocks emails > bearing hotmail and yahoo addresses, even if they are not originating > from the mailservers of those domains. This helps considerably to > reduce spam. The only downside to their taking such an action is that > emails from people who use hotmail and yahoo for legitimate purposes > are also blocked.
This is not good strategy in my opinion. Hotmail and yahoo have millions of legitimate users, including my daughter and a good friend. What good is an account that can't recieve email from millions of legetimate users? I'd prefer a steady diet of spam. I throw out unopened most of the junk "snailmail" I recieve. And I just delete the spam. No biggie. But not being able to recieve mail from friends and relatives with hotmail and yahoo accounts would be intolerable. Sam Ewalt Croswell, Michigan, USA -- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
