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Subject: Re: Proposal: Block hotmail accounts (and alike)

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 07:36:23 03/18/01

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On March 18, 2001 at 09:24:05, Aaron Tay wrote:

>On March 18, 2001 at 08:28:07, Carlos del Cacho wrote:
>
>>On March 18, 2001 at 07:21:33, Tony Werten wrote:
>>
>>>On March 18, 2001 at 07:13:19, José Carlos wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 18, 2001 at 07:03:33, Tony Werten wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>I hope some of the about to be moderators will pick this up.
>>>>>
>>>>>The whole point of CCC was to get rid of anonymous posters. Accepting anonymous emailaccounts brings them back again.
>
>You want to block all free email providers? Good luck. FICS trys to do it and
>they block hundreds or thousands I think, but
>I know of dozens of free email providers at least that were not blocked.
>
>A silly policy that I'm strongly against in FICS and probably in CCC, since it
>doesn't work anyway, as people determined to post under duplicate accounts
>can easily find a way around it. You might block other casual users, you will
>be surprised how many internet providers don't offer regular you email. My ISP
>provider that provides cable access is an example.
>
>Aaron

If you have a cable modem, you have an IP address.  You don't _need_ to have
your ISP offer you an email account, you can do it _yourself_.



>
>>>>>Questions is wether we are loosing too much non-hostile anynomous posters or
>>>>>maybe even some we like to have around?
>>>>>
>>>>>Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>>Tony
>>>>
>>>>  My normal email account does not work properly, so I use a hotmail account. I
>>>>don't think I deserve to be blocked for that, don't you think?
>>>
>>>Yes,I guess you're in the 3rd category.
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  Maybe it should be done for _new entries_, but not for known people that are
>>>>here for years.
>>>
>>>That sounds like the first thing that has to be taken care of.
>>>
>>>I haven't got a clue how many long time anonymous posters there are.
>>>
>>>Tony
>>>
>>>>
>>>>  José C.
>>
>>That include's me, I guess :-))). I vaguely remember I signed up with my yahoo
>>account.
>>
>>Carlos

• Re: Proposal: Block hotmail accounts (and alike) Aaron Tay 07:59:08 03/18/01
  • Re: Proposal: Block hotmail accounts (and alike) Robert Hyatt 19:00:03 03/18/01
  • Re: Proposal: Block hotmail accounts (and alike) David Wilke 09:40:15 03/18/01
    • Re: Proposal: Block hotmail accounts (and alike) Joshua Lee 01:18:23 03/19/01

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