On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:31:42 -0000,
    kat  wrote:
> Tim Woodall  said:
>
>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 18:05:31 +0000,
>>    Mark Goodge  wrote:
>>> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 16:58:21 +0000 (UTC), Tim Woodall put finger to
>>> keyboard and typed:
>>>
>>>> Of course, I cannot[1] email them and they don't publish an
>>>> alternative address.
>>>>
>>>> [1] Yes, I know I can if I reconfigure my system.
>>>
>>> So you know how to fix it, but instead you refuse to do so and expect
>>> others to accomodate your decidedly idiosyncratic way of doing
>>> things?
>>
>> No. I'm just astonished at the hypocrisy of people saying that it's
>> fine for @usenet.org.uk to discriminate on its terms but not for
>> chiark to discriminate on its.
>>
>> I have no interest in emailing @usenet.org.uk if they don't want to
>> accept email from my default configuration.
>>
>
> You really do not get it, do you.
>
> If you really want to you can change.  You have technical expertise and an 
> alternative.
> Many people using hotmail may have neither.
>
You've lost me as well. Lets try and make this really simple.

My opinion:
What @chiark.greenend.org.uk is doing is wrong.
What @usenet.org.uk is doing is wrong.

I've emailed Ian my views. I've posted my views to newsgroups the
committee is reading. Everyone disagrees with me.

Does that help?

Tim.

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and there was light.

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