Several years ago, when I first tried to join this email list, I couldn't use my yahoo mail address. Something about a group vote that banned all yahoo mail accounts supposedly because of spam coming from/thru yahoo. For quite a while, I just skipped reading the tclug list because it was difficult to access via my home e-mail account. Recently I have been using my corporate e-mail account. I don't like using my employer's e-mail account for personal use, not to mention the logistics of carrying on an e-mail conversations using 2 different accounts is nearly impossible, therefore I put forth this resolution: Since: 1) Yahoo has put much effort in preventing spammers from going through their e-mail portal, including requiring interpretation of graphical images (i.e. "Enter the words shown below") on both registering for an account and sending suspicious e-mails. 2) Most junk mail with a yahoo return address isn't really from yahoo (check the headers if you want to find the real source). 3) Limiting mail from only list members should prevent most spam from getting through. 4) Since spammers also have the possibility of using other services, banning just yahoo accounts is prejudicial. AOL is now selling spam so if anything, they should be banned too. 5) TCLUG's mailing list should be available to all. Be it resolved: I request reconsideration of the ban on yahoo e-mail addresses. Yes, for those of you who are about to tell me to use google, I do have a gmail account, but it's easier for people to type wdtj at yahoo.com than waynedtjohnson at gmail.com, besides everyone else uses my yahoo account so why switch. Since the installfest, I've had people contacting me on both yahoo as well as my mqsoftware e-mail and it's driving me crazy!! Please help! Wayne Johnson Senior Software Engineer MQSoftware, Inc. 1660 S Highway 100 Minneapolis, MN 55416 (952) 345-8628