[oclug] Hotmail Fiasco

[Dave Edwards]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2001 18:02:17 -0500  Chris Herrnberger wrote:

> Followup article form the Register. This is getting good...:)
> 
> see http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18106.html
> 
> As they put it, brief summary:
> 
> Passport to hell 
> 
> "We've had letters from Hotmail users ranging from IT consultants to
> Hollywood
> screenwriters vowing never to use the service again. (We'll post a
> selection
> shortly). And some websites are reciprocating Microsoft's Passport
> terms, by
> beginning to block Hotmail email too. Steve Litt of Troubleshooters.com 
> revised his own terms to block Passport services. Moongroup simply
> blocks 
> incoming postings from Hotmail, MSN, or Microsoft itself. "
> 
> heheh ah this is gonna be fun.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.  In the meantime, what do
we do here on OCLUG?  When I posted my suggestion of a rejection of
MSN/Passport packets from OCLUG servers, I received a (very civil) note
off-list from an active member which  explained how that action would
probably lead to his un-subscription, owing to the networking arrangement
at his workplace.  That's probably true in more than one case, and
therefore I think our response to this issue should resemble Dan York's
suggestion:   that  messages be automatically sent to those who interact
with
OCLUG via MSN/Passport services, at least in the short term.  Maybe a
special header, if that's possible.

Dave.
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