On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 07:02:31 GMT, "Kaari Jae"
> wrote:

> Verizon persists with their inept and totally mindless strategy against spam
> by now calling it a policy against spam which in their dictionary is any
> e-mail originating outside of the USA.
>
> 3 Verizon CSR told me last couple of days that it indeed is Verizon's policy
> to block e-mails from outside of USA to reach their customers. When I tried
> to let them know that I, pretty please, may actually heaven forbid little me
> have some contacts (like friends and family and other minute utterly
> unimportant people) outside of USA, I was told that in that case I have to
> submit the domain names of these alleged proper e-mailers to Verizon for
> their possible pre-approval and removal from Verizon's
> foreigners-guilty-of-spamming-list-until-proved-otherwise-list.
>
> While I tried to convince Verizon that I would have no way of knowing of all
> domains belonging those individuals who in the foreign countries of Europe
> might possibly want might want once in a blue moon send e-mails to me, I was
> told and I quote "Verizon has the right to block e-mails from anybody they
> so wish." So I have now positively being told my place and thus humbly
> retire under the whatever rock I used to reside.

Why not just sign up for a separate web based email and give
out that address? Then you won't have to contact everyone
when you change providers.

sf