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
>
>
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