Subject:   	Re: Welcome to GuppyLog
From:   	semcfadden@earthlink.net
Date:   	Thu, April 13, 2006 1:04
To:   	scott@guppylog.com

I apologize for this automatic reply to your email.

To control spam, I now allow incoming messages only from senders I
have approved beforehand.

If you would like to be added to my list of approved senders, please
fill out the short request form (see link below). Once I approve you,
I will receive your original message in my inbox. You do not need to
resend your message. I apologize for this one-time inconvenience.

Click the link below to fill out the request:

Now, I'm all for people at Earthlink using Guppylog. What I do not want, is someone signing up for an account here, and not getting their confirmation email because of Earthlink's retarded anti-spam policy. My solution is likely going to be to block them from account creation. This means Earthlink users will have to get a second email account somewhere if they want to sign up at Guppylog. I hate to do it, but it's just plain rude to sign up somewhere, and not whitelist them so they can send you a confirmatory email. Earthlink knows this, and should inform their customers of it. I don't think this is the Earthlink customers fault, but since that's the service they chose, I do think it's still their responsibility.

Frankly, this to me is spam. It's not my responsibility to maintain Earthlink's whitelist for them. It's theirs.