[NTLUG:Discuss] spam was reply re: 486 distro

[brian@pongonova.net]

Given the politics surrounding the "blacklists," and the futility of trying to keep
out the undesirables, I've recently turned to TMDA
(http://software.libertine.org/tmda) in an attempt to have more control over who
*I* want to have access to my mailbox.  It's approach is a "whitelist" approach:
Ban (or force confirmation) on everyone but those on your whitelist.  Give
non-spammers who desire to send you e-mail the one-time option of confirming
themselves as human (as opposed to an auto-replyer). 

It's not without its glitches, but after trying the blacklist approach with little
success, I decided it was time I made the decisions, rather than someone else.  

   --Brian

On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 04:36:51PM -0500, Chris Cox wrote:
> mike wrote:
> >Paul,
> >
> >I use Yahoo mail and I pay for it.  While Yahoo used to be spam-central, 
> >you won't be getting much spam from yahoo (unless its yahoo sponsored) in 
> >the future, because they've cut off free access to their smtp servers.
> >
> >On top of that, Yahoo and Southwestern Bell dialup are now (or soon to be) 
> >one and the same.
> >
> >You should probably rethink blocking yahoo.
> 
> Yes and no.  Even if yahoo is serious about blocking spam, which I don't
> believe includes their Korea affiliate of course, people will use yahoo.com
> as a spoof for their from addresses anyway.  This is a good reason for
> a company to NOT start doing this to begin with.  Hotmail is the same
> way and the worst by far is lycos.co.kr.
> 
> If yahoo.com shut its doors tomorrow, I would not cry.  If lycos.com
> and their Korea affiliate shut their doors tomorrow, I would call in
> sick and dance all day long.  If all Korean domains were blocked....
> wow.... I can't even imagine what I would do!
> 
> Yahoo, hotmail, etc... should get what they deserve... they certainly
> should not be rewarded for their past behavior with my money, that's
> for sure.  Yes, they are being used because folks know that people
> won't dare put yahoo, hotmail and lycos into their RBL lists... but
> they're definitely on my list.  Don't worry, I periodically scan
> the spam for "valid" stuff, occasionally I miss some... oh well.
> 
> 
> (two cents.... I get hundreds of spam emails every day folks!)
> Chris
> 
> 
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