Well, if this message hadn't come on the heels of a major Yahoo worm bot spreading fast I might be more inclined to say sure. http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,39367249,00.htm I've been getting these "New Graphic Site" emails constantly over the past few days. But if other free mail solutions are also allowed I'm not sure if there is a big difference. --j I've been 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. > > Yes, for those of you who are about to tell me to use google, I do have a gmail account, but it's easier for people to type wdtj at yahoo.com than waynedtjohnson at gmail.com, besides everyone else uses my yahoo account so why switch. > > Since the installfest, I've had people contacting me on both yahoo as well as my mqsoftware e-mail and it's driving me crazy!! Please help! > > Wayne Johnson > Senior Software Engineer > MQSoftware, Inc. > 1660 S Highway 100 > Minneapolis, MN 55416 > (952) 345-8628 > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >