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Users / Re: 1wire support

« on: March 21, 2011, 12:29:14 am »

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 05:41:43 pm »

You make it yourself personal.
By not listening or discussing this, only deciding.
Take responsibilty for your decision.
Apparantly for a lot of people it is a problem, and it is your decision.....it is only logic.

Your logic is about as flawed as your "arguments". 

I just re-read the thread, and bongo's "flawed" logic stands, and so do his arguments: you did take a decision by yourself, you are ignoring all sane replies. I am effectively talking to myself, you can't deny that.

Yeah sorry for ignoring people that are obviously looking for a fight like yourself.

I'm not looking for a fight, but I'll fight if I have to. And as far as I can tell, I have to.

Judging from the aggressive tone, you clearly are.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 05:26:21 pm »

You make it yourself personal.
By not listening or discussing this, only deciding.
Take responsibilty for your decision.
Apparantly for a lot of people it is a problem, and it is your decision.....it is only logic.

Your logic is about as flawed as your "arguments". 

I just re-read the thread, and bongo's "flawed" logic stands, and so do his arguments: you did take a decision by yourself, you are ignoring all sane replies. I am effectively talking to myself, you can't deny that.

Yeah sorry for ignoring people that are obviously looking for a fight like yourself.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 05:25:07 pm »

...
LinuxMCE's problem is ZAERC.
...

Getting personal now are we?  I wouldn't go there if I were you.

How about if you were me?

Then I would, as I'm really, really afraid of you, honest!!   

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 05:19:00 pm »

All I can think of, to say, is, "WOW..."

My domain's email is hosted by google apps.  Will that make mine invalid, as well?  Lots of ISP's are using google for their email, even if with other @domains.  Are they no longer valid?

No, unless you are openly handing out accounts to spammers for free.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 05:15:49 pm »

You make it yourself personal.
By not listening or discussing this, only deciding.
Take responsibilty for your decision.
Apparantly for a lot of people it is a problem, and it is your decision.....it is only logic.

Your logic is about as flawed as your "arguments". 

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:58:20 pm »

...
LinuxMCE's problem is ZAERC.
...

Getting personal now are we?  I wouldn't go there if I were you.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:52:22 pm »

Zaerc,

Your original post stated, "This will start one month from now with the banning of all yahoo, gmail and hotmail related email addresses."

The list of email accounts in "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_webmail_providers" is quite extensive and there looks to be some free or low cost options.  At least they are lower cost than changing my ISP.

At this point, are you only banning the yahoo, gmail, and hotmail addresses?  In otherwords, if I sign up with  an email provider like AOL or something else from the list that you provided, I will be good to go?

Also, if you decide to ban another provider besides the three previously stated, would you alert us and also give a chance to adjust to the new rule?

Thanks,

M.

Only the domains giving out free email accounts (to spammers) are at risk.  Looks like AOL hands them out for free, so that would not be a good choice unless they actually manage to keep their users from spamming, which I highly doubt.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:28:04 pm »

If you figure out a way to do individual exceptions to policy, I would be willing to do whatever I need to do to validate that I am not a spammer.

Thank you,

 M.

Signing up for a real email address somewhere, is that included in "willing to do whatever I need to do" by any chance?

If I could, I would.  If you have any suggestions, I would be glad to see if they are possible.  They only email accounts that I know of that I could just sign up for are hotmail, gmail, or yahoo type accounts.  The "real" email accounts that you refer to usually come from your ISP.  The only one that comes with my ISP is a Google account.  I can't get DSL, Cable, or FIOS.  I can't afford satellite.  The only other option that I know of is dial-up.  And I am not willing to pay for a dial-up account.

Willing to do anything includes going through whatever vetting process that I need to to prove that I am not a spammer. Or doing some sort of verification for each post to show that I am not a bot.

Have a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_webmail_providers, there seems to be plenty of choice.  However keep in mind that when you use a free one that domain will probably be blocked as well when it's abused by spammers.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:11:26 pm »

Dude. Stop for a second. I don't have a "mainstream" ISP. I use whatever others throw at me. What you are saying is that I should step away from this Internet thing because I don't have an alternative e-mail address than @gmail.com

I also checked my calendar to see if it's April Fools already, and it isn't.

If anything, we should change the signup procedure to make it harder for bots. I have some ideas if you want to hear them.

Dude, I'm stopping for a whole month.  Have someone throw you a real email account while they are at it.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:07:30 pm »

If you figure out a way to do individual exceptions to policy, I would be willing to do whatever I need to do to validate that I am not a spammer.

Thank you,

 M.

Signing up for a real email address somewhere, is that included in "willing to do whatever I need to do" by any chance?

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 04:03:12 pm »

Zaerc

Sorry to hear about the spammer problem.  (Although the one that signed off as a chick was entertaining).  Any chance recaptcha could be implemented for new accounts (ideally), or for postings?

http://recaptcha.net/

Bryce

The registration form when you sign up already has something like that.

Okay.  How about using it with postings then?

I'm sorry, but are you really expecting every member to go through recaptcha for every single post they make?

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 03:32:46 pm »

Get a real email account from Verizon, it should come with the account.

It's not a real internet connection as Verizon is not my ISP as they would be with a DSL or FIOS account.  It is a data connection that is tied to my phone number.  My internet comes from tethering my phone to my computer.  I have checked and I don't have a Verizon email account.  Just the Google account that came with the phone.  In fact, it was a requirement to activate the phone.  It is truly the only email account that I have.  I can't get a non-free email without setting up an ISP to my house.  Like I said before, my only option in that realm is dial-up.  I would love to have dsl or cable if it was available.  Satellite is out of my price range.

Any help in this matter is appreciated.

Thanks...

M.

Instead of grasping at straws, please take it up with Verizon.  They provide you with the connection which should come with an email address. 

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 03:24:49 pm »

While it is easy to see where Zaerc is coming from with close to 17,000 members registered on this forum and so many with 0 or just 1 post, I think this blanket ban is sledge-hammer vs nut in the extreme.
The SMF software can be set up to have new members approved only by Mods as opposed to the current activation email, this might stem the tide of unwanted spammers.

-Coley.

So then we have to approve them first, only to kick them out again once they actually start spamming.  More work with no benefit whatsoever...

Zaerc

Sorry to hear about the spammer problem.  (Although the one that signed off as a chick was entertaining).  Any chance recaptcha could be implemented for new accounts (ideally), or for postings?

http://recaptcha.net/

Bryce

The registration form when you sign up already has something like that.

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Users / Re: *WARNING* IMPORTANT MESSAGE for all people using "free email" accounts.

« on: January 07, 2011, 03:00:20 pm »

My complaint about this is as follows:

My only non-free email account is a work email account and it can only be used for official business, (it is a ".army.mil" account).  My only internet access at home is through my cell phone since my only other option is dial-up.  My phone is an android by Google and requires a Google email address.  It is through Verizon but I don't have a Verizon email account.  I have no other email accounts that I can register.  Is there someway to ask for an exception to this policy?  I haven't been on in a while because I had no hardware to build.  I have saved money for a while and I am about a month away from starting to build.  Once I start building, I can only imagine that I will have questions for the forum.

Please don't close the door on me.

Thank you for listening.

Get a real email address from Verizon, it should come with the account.