[e2e] Discrete IP

[Pars Mutaf]

Hi Ross,

This is off topic no?

Thanks,

On Sun, Sep 16, 2012 at 8:08 AM, Ross Finlayson <finlayson at live555.com>wrote:

>     > Even better, perhaps professional mailing
>
> lists like this should start
>
>     > rejecting postings from 'hobbyist' email
>
> addresses ("@gmail.com",
>
>     > "@yahoo.com", etc.)...
>
>
> Sigh, much as I basically agree with you, a number of our
>
> serious contributors
>
> also use gmail, etc, these days.
>
>
> Not to mention the PhD students who wouldn't like to be excluded ;-)
>
>
> Do these PhD students' schools not have their own domain name? :-)
>
> Note that it's possible to let gmail manage email to/from addresses that
> use other domain names.  See:
> http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/gmail/tEaJstfhzeI
>
> The problem is not the 'gmail' service per se (provided that you don't
> mind your email being scanned :-).  The problem is the "@gmail.com" email
> address suffix, which advertises to the world that you're not particularly
> relevant.  (Ditto for "@yahoo.com", "@hotmail.com", "@aol.com" addresses,
> etc.)
>
> Ross.
>
>


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