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David Kramer wrote: > On Thursday 23 October 2003 09:15, Mark J. Dulcey wrote: > > >>The problem is that this may be a short list, but it probably includes >>half the Internet users in the United States (at least when they're at >>home), because there are some really big players there (AOL, Hotmail, >>Earthlink, Verizon, RoadRunner, Southwest Bell). Maybe it's time to >>fight back and start a campaign to refuse email from THEIR domains, for >>their refusal to honor Internet standards. > > > Would you be hurting AOL, Hotmail, Earthlink, Verizon, RoadRunner, and > Southwest Bell, or would you be hurting yourself and the innocent users of > those systems? > > Telling AOL users that AOL sucks doesn't seem to get them to switch. I have > tried many times. I meant trying to organize something on a larger scale. If you can get enough people to play, maybe they'll notice - or at least their customers will. As for myself, I can't think of anyone that I really care about getting mail to that is on one of those systems.
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