[17559] in APO-L
Re: Survey-business
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Dean)
Fri Nov 14 10:07:43 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 09:06:03 -0600
Reply-To: Robert Dean <rdean@RS6000.CMP.ILSTU.EDU>
From: Robert Dean <rdean@RS6000.CMP.ILSTU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
In-Reply-To: <9711141435.AA57326@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu>
Since an ISP isn't a government, it can't be considered fascist. =
Everything it does has a profit motive, and as such, it must do everything=
it can to keep its customers happy. If they don't complain, the decision=
will never be reversed. Usually there are two reasons why mail is blocked=
from a domain: (1) customers complain about all the junk mail they receive=
and (2) the amount of junk mail bombarding the server may bring the server=
down. There have been many articles in recent weeks about ISPs who've=
experienced service outages due solely to SPAM.
To bring this issue back within the scope of the list, if you find people=
that want to subscribe to the alumni list from HOTMAIL.COM, ask them to=
make their feelings known to their ISP. As I said, if they don't complain,=
nothing will ever change. =20
LFS,
Robert Dean
Section 48.
At 09:32 AM 11/14/97 -0500, Jeremy Gagliardi wrote:=20
>Pepsi wrote:=20
>>Hi! I am one of three people that admins the=20
>>alumni list.=A0 It has come to my attention recently=20
>>that some places block entire domains of free=20
>>E-mail providers like hotmail.
>>That sounds like a pretty fascist policy to me.=A0 Don't honor it by=
bowing to it.=20
>I personally use hotmail for all my e-mail needs.=A0 It's a very easy,=
efficient, handy, and professional service that I enjoy using, gets the job=
done, and >deserves to be able to deliver e-mail to anyone's domain.=20
>=20
>
>>Do any
>>of you *snip*name-deleted-to-protect-the-innocent* subscribe to/ or use
>>ISP/mail providing services that ban such domains?
>Sieg Heil (did I spell it right?) to that service!=A0 (Nothing personal to=
any individuals)=A0 Get a new service, I say.=20
>=20
>
>>And 1) Do you see it as a widespead problem and trend?
>>2) If so, should I be finding a new home for
>>the list? Or just offer to bcc (blind carbon copy)
>>mail to people who can't be put on the subscription
>>list?=A0 I want this to be an accessible option to
>>alumni.
>Don't act hastily.=A0 I say keep using hotmail.=20
