Concerning hotmail with Cobequid Community Network

Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 15:25:43 -0600 (CST)
From: Daryle Niedermayer <daryle@gpfn.sk.ca>
To: Peter Morgan <ae112@chebucto.ns.ca>
cc: David Murdoch <murdoch@csuite.ns.ca>, sacn-members <sacn-l@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca>, Gary Shearman <shearman@victoria.tc.ca>, aa075@cobequidnet.ns.ca,
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On Mon, 30 Nov 1998, Peter Morgan wrote:

> I think both some sort of "instant activation" and "access everywhere"
> capability is really important. 

It may be a matter of semantics but I would caution against the "instant
activation" option. I for one am very tired of being spammed by a hotmail
account, write the abuse@hotmail address to complain, have the account
shut down and then get the same spam from another account a couple of days
later.

If there is one aspect of community networking that I affirm, it is that
users are people and cannot hide behind the anonymity of their actions
(just like a real community). We require users to share some form of ID
before getting a user account--even if it is only a voided cheque blank.
In this way they can't use their account inappropriately and absolve
themselves of the consequences by simply  picking a new on-line persona.

--
Daryle Niedermayer

President
Great Plains Free-Net Inc.
http://www.gpfn.sk.ca

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