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Blocking Gmail, yahoo and hotmail is just dumb
Luckily I could use http://meltmail.com/ to forward the email to my gmail.
But blocking the most common mail providers seems like a rather unorthodox and dumb way to prevent spam. Especially since spammers can just do what I did, but most regular users won't have the knowledge, it's like the DRM equivalent for forums. |
You didn't use the thread 5 down from this because...?
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Since I use gmail
I'm not into spam, nor trollers, but
I do use gmail, so I have to agree. |
Go away, Honesty/Destiny/whatever. You're a troll.
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I also use gmail. However, given the past few days, I think it is very clear why certain email servers are blocked. The simple fact is that when they are blocked, we see four or five 'bots per month. When they are not, we see four or five per day. The method is effective and efficient; nothing dumb or unorthodox about it.
'Nuff said. |
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They do not, to my knowledge, get inundated with legitimate new members using yahoo/hotmail/gmail email addies. So for Subsim overall, there does seem to be more value in blocking them than allowing them. |
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This is just going to piss of a lot of legit users. |
Anyone remember the firestorm when we tried to institute a catchpa?
Again, we have been using the current method for years. It works well. It will continue to work well. If you are legit, you can use one of the other services. Consider it the Destiny of Honesty. Take Solace in that. |
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Well, there ya go. Catchpas and questionaires are ineffective, as the spammers have found ways to circumvent them. And so Downley delivers the coup de grace to the complaint.
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