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Subject: Re: Banning users
From: Chuq Von Rospach <chuqui @ plaidworks . com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 21:58:22 -0700
To: Rich Pieri <rich . pieri @ prescienttech . com>, majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <x7sowgdsu1.fsf@gkar.prescienttech.com>
References: Julian Frost's message of "Mon, 11 Aug 1997 17:49:36 -0700(PDT)" <Pine.LNX.3.95.970811174620.9171A-100000@odaiko.ss.uci.edu>

At 7:43 PM -0700 8/11/97, Rich Pieri wrote:

>If the purpose is to keep abusive persons off your lists, it does not work.
>AOL allows up to 5 "screen names"; juno.com and hotmail.com allow for
>potentially infinite, transient mailboxes.

Ah, but AOL takes a dim view of people building screen names for this,
especially if you supply documentation. Accdounts tend to disappear
quickly. And the few times I've had problems with hotmail, the admins
have taken care of it for me. Now, Juno, on the other hand, is fully
banned from my lists because of this... As are all anonymous remailers.

chuq

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