Re: Recommended hardware for 9i on Linux, at home (Note to Stan)

From: Howard J. Rogers <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: Sun, 05 Oct 2003 06:16:11 +1000
Message-ID: <3f7f2b45$0$20475$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>

Paul Drake wrote:

> "Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> news:<3f7ec5de$0$9554$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au>...

>> "Howard J. Rogers" <howardjr2000_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
>> news:3f7e0eef$0$5000$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
>> 
>> >
>> >
>> > Some might consider it a bit harsh to block yahoo on the first or third
>> > of those grounds. But given the spam/virus flood of late, I can
>> > understand it.
>> >
>> > This is the problem I had with trying to reply to you over the
>> > backup/recovery issue you had.
>> >
>> > You might want to think of some other way of aloowing others to get in
>> > touch with you... a, er, yahoo account of your own, perhaps!
>> 
>> Hehehe!  Usenet 1, E-mail 0!
>> 
>> Quite frankly, about time someone blocked yahoo.
>> They have done nothing but sit on their butts
>> during this last crisis and have let their servers
>> act as relays for too long.

>
> the fact that they limit a standard account to 100 addresses to block
> annoys me at this point. yes, that was more than sufficient number
> prior to a couple of weeks ago. its not a matter of the cost of
> upgrading to their for-pay email, but that I don't want to reward
> their lack of action with regard to Swen by paying them.
>
> I guess that I should look for another provider, or at least switch my
> email address and obfuscate the return address in postings.
>
> Pd

I actually *do* pay for somee xtra mail space, and a fat lot of good that's done me. I'm paying to have my account run over my (enlarged at cost) quota every three hours or so, and if a real message happens to sneak in during the good hours, that's a bonus. Three complaints to them so far. And not a sausage by way of reply.

Thing is, my new website is being hosted by them, too (well, geocities). It's back to the drawing board if I have to let them go. And I lose my oh-so-funky domain name, too.

Pen and paper is looking attractive at this point.

Regards
HJR Received on Sat Oct 04 2003 - 15:16:11 CDT