I did make the proposal (which is what started this thread), and the TCLUG leaders responded with this poll. > -----Original Message----- > From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org > [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org]On Behalf Of Chad Walstrom > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:08 AM > To: TCLUG List > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Yahoo mail access to this mailing list > > > Mike Miller <mbmiller at taxa.epi.umn.edu> wrote: > > In other words, there was no good reason to ban yahoo.com in the > > first place. > > Except for the fact that banning Yahoo at time time worked out quite > well to suppress the spambot. That actually qualifies as a "good > reason" in my book. > > > In case I am misunderstood, I should point out that I am not using > > Yahoo.com. I use Pine on Solaris, so I don't really care about the > > yahoo issue but I think it is unfair and unhelpful to single out one > > mail source based on a single email from 5 years ago. > > Then formally propose a change. Start a new thread. I'm sure we're > all familiar with how voting on email lists go. Unless we actually > see a formal, "Proposal: Lift Yahoo! Ban" email, we've pretty much > come to the end of this conversation. > > And no, polls are not votes. Polls are polls. > > -- > Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ > assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >