[17560] in APO-L
(Fwd) Re: Survey-business
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William J. Turner)
Fri Nov 14 10:15:23 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 1997 10:13:58 -0500
Reply-To: "William J. Turner" <wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU>
From: "William J. Turner" <wjturner@EOS.NCSU.EDU>
To: Multiple recipients of list APO-L <APO-L@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
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
You want those services to have victory? That's what you're saying. "Hail
victory!" And yes, you did spell it right.
I saw, if you have a problem because you are on a domain which is banned, get
another service, live with it, or fight against it in a civilized manner. It
seems to me you are taking this way out of preportion, and you will not
accomplish anything the way you are going.
>>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
Fine. *you* don't bitch about it.
