On Wed, 7 Jun 2006, Wayne Johnson wrote: > Several years ago, when I first tried to join this email list, I > couldn't use my yahoo mail address. Something about a group vote that > banned all yahoo mail accounts supposedly because of spam coming > from/thru yahoo. > > For quite a while, I just skipped reading the tclug list because it was > difficult to access via my home e-mail account. Recently I have been > using my corporate e-mail account. I don't like using my employer's > e-mail account for personal use, not to mention the logistics of > carrying on an e-mail conversations using 2 different accounts is nearly > impossible, therefore I put forth this resolution: > > Since: > 1) Yahoo has put much effort in preventing spammers from going through their e-mail portal, including requiring interpretation of graphical images (i.e. "Enter the words shown below") on both registering for an account and sending suspicious e-mails. > 2) Most junk mail with a yahoo return address isn't really from yahoo (check the headers if you want to find the real source). > 3) Limiting mail from only list members should prevent most spam from getting through. > 4) Since spammers also have the possibility of using other services, banning just yahoo accounts is prejudicial. AOL is now selling spam so if anything, they should be banned too. > 5) TCLUG's mailing list should be available to all. > > Be it resolved: > I request reconsideration of the ban on yahoo e-mail addresses. I don't know what the formal process is, but I would vote in favor of your resolution. Also, note that Yahoo Mail (Beta) came in at #30 on PC World's Best Products of the Year a few days ago: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,125706,pg,13,00.asp Isn't our list limited to subscribers only? Doesn't that kill most spam? I have my own spam filter anyway. Mike