Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 00:53:08 -0500 (EST)
From: "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Worldcon & Capclave
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at WSFA.org>

Cathy wrote:
> No, I didn't write it.  And yahoo doesn't append without knowledge
> and consent so your case fails.  Yahoo appends with consent.

So you don't mind whatever statement Yahoo! chooses being falsely
attributed to you?  So that if someone reads "you" claiming that
"Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around," and they think
"I could have sworn that my ISP's was better, but I respect Cathy's
judgment, so I'll take her word for it," so they switch to Yahoo!
and get spammed, and decide that your judgment is worthless?  Ok.
That's your choice.

Sam Lubell <samlubell at verizon.net> wrote:
> Okay.  Let's let Cathy have the last word on this (since she took
> contracts in law school, right?) and move on.  It's up to the chair
> to determine what communications tools to employ, he has chosen, and
> unless problems result from it, that should be that.

If people are doing so as inviduals, that's their choice.  If people
are doing so as agents for WSFA, I will object, as a member of WSFA.

If I am ever *required* to use Yahoo! as part of any office or task
within WSFA or Capclave, I will promptly resign from that office
or task.

I will also suggest that since Yahoo! reserves the right to change
their contract at any time without notice, that every Yahoo! user
carefully re-read their contract daily, and be prepared to immediately
switch to another service provider if they don't like what they see.