Hi Marck, Sunday, October 19, 2003, 8:05:10 PM, Marck wrote:
MDP> Hi Neal, MDP> @19-Oct-2003, 19:28 -0800 (20-Oct 04:28 UK time) Neal Laugman said MDP> to Jack: JM>>> 1. Give us an easier/less time consuming/less dangerous(for JM>>> klutzes like me) way of doing it. JM>>> 2. Change it on *their* end. >> Well, I would think this to be a VERY important issue to deal >> with. MDP> Yes. By people rejecting ISPs who illegally block sending software. MDP> Make your friends aware of this. Report the ISPs concerned to RIT - MDP> they'll deal with them. This calls for education, not kow-towing to MDP> ignorance. The reason TB is blocked is explained here: MDP> http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/spammer.html I will deal with this by formally letting RIT know along with the ISP being discussed and the spam-control company they are using. >> After all, if something affects the basic funtionality of the >> product it is serious IMO. MDP> Yes, but it's also not a fault of the product nor should a remedy be MDP> sought there. MDP> ... <snip> >> ... The blacklisting of email (or any other web client software) >> could have some very dark future consequences. MDP> Precisely!!! This practice should be campaigned against, not MDP> encouraged by hiding from it and thus permitting it by default. Thanks for pointing me to the FAQ page. I will pass it along to interested parties. And of course you are correct in encouraging anyone who runs into this situation to do something about it. It's unfortunate that the abuse of a few in the Golden Age of the Internet will lead us into a more restricive future. I will state my case to RitLabs. -- Neal Laugman Using The Bat! v2.01 on Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.01 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
