On 2 Dec 04 at 18:16, Laura & Dave wrote: > ...Earthlink allows (requires?) the use of "White Lists" to block > spam. And as usual with anti-spam measures, this facility is badly thought out. It requires that one use a web url to allow email. This violates the design principle of keeping communications and their responses in the same channel, so that those souls with only email access can still respond. Doing so also simplifies response for those of us using pure email clients instead of combination web exploders and email messers like IE/Outlook or Netscape Communicator. As matters stand, if I get one of these, I just ignore it and figure it's the other party's loss, not mine. If anyone on Earthlink is reading, forward my remarks to them. -- Rodger Whitlock Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Maritime Zone 8, a cool Mediterranean climate on beautiful Vancouver Island