The reason Hotmail was disallowed was spam. For a while you couldn't sub GMail accounts either. But since I approve all subscriptions, it's up to me and I don't care if someone wants to read 313 on hotmail. I approve all subscriptions that come through unless they're obviously a bot or some clown intent on spamming. I also read everything posted to the list, usually many times a day (every time I type 'make' in an emacs window).
So unless I'm sick or in transit somewhere, I will detect and ban any spammers, usually within an hour or so. Hasn't been a problem so far, knock on wood. I was even handling subscribe requests when I was travelling in Europe last summer, without a computer. So if you have a hotmail account and are just dying to read 313 from it, go ahead and subscribe. Personally the only webmail interface I can stand is GMail, but it's horses for courses innit? On 1/5/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Uh, Kent - I thought 313 didn't allow Hotmail and other free accounts? I used to use my Hotmail email for the list but then went on a long vacation and unsubed. When I came back it wouldn't allow me to use it anymore. Therefore, I use my work account since I'm always checking it.
