Concerning hotmail with Cobequid Community Network

Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 18:00:52 -0500
From: "Colin J. Williams" <cjw@connection.com>
To: Daryle Niedermayer <daryle@gpfn.sk.ca>
CC: Peter Morgan <ae112@chebucto.ns.ca>, David Murdoch <murdoch@csuite.ns.ca>, sacn-members <sacn-l@sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca>,
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Daryle Niedermayer wrote:

> 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.

This is a real problem.  Could this be addressed by having the Community
Hotmail require sender identification, as is done by community nets?

Colin W.


>
>
> 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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