Fw: [PHP-DEV] CVS Account Request

Although I'm new to this list, I've been using e-mail for quite a while, and I agree that accounts from Hotmail, Netzero, Yahoo, etc. should be regarded with some degree of suspicion. Hotmail (and Yahoo, etc.) is not *just* for anonymity, but it often *is* used for anonymity. I've known people to create a Hotmail account only to send a single, anonymous e-mail. Personally, my use for Yahoo mail is to have a valid address when subscribing to services online that I expect to get spam from. Anything else (personal, business related, whatever) goes to this account; my inbox is organized by filtering rules. Just my thoughts on the matter. - Jon ----- Original Message ----- From: "PHP development @echospace" <phpdevel@echospace.com> To: <ron@Opus1.COM>; <zeev@zend.com> Cc: "Sterling Hughes" <Sterling.Hughes@pentap.net>; "Zak Greant" <zak@php.net>; "Rasmus Lerdorf" <rasmus@linuxcare.com>; "Jason Greene" <jason@inetgurus.net>; <php-dev@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] CVS Account Request >> >3. Anonymous accounts and remailers (yahoo, hotmail, etc.) should _never_ be >> >allowed commit access. If they aren't of a competancy level to at least have >> >control of their servers, they shouldn't be able to modify ours. >> Hehe, well, I don't really agree with that one... Getting an account at an >> ISP for a few bucks isn't exactly rocket science... > >No, it isn't. But it does raise the bar to require for-pay services, and >more importantly, a loss of *some* anonymity. If it's an ongoing account, >(for list commits, then CVS) there will be a paper audit trail, bacI ak to >a human being, or a reasonable facsimilie threof. Ouch. I've been denied various services or access in various places before because I used a hotmail account. And this sucks. Hotmail is not just for anonymity - I prefer to split the email traffic I receive into different accounts, so I do not clog my main mailboxes. As such, I have several anonymous accounts, amond them vksphp@hotmail.com to subscribe to php-doc, phpdevel@echospace.com to subscribe to this list and, I believe this is the address I supplied when I got my CVS access. And, guess what? Although I messed up a few things, I haven't done anything hideously bad yet. This proposal will effectively kill effort coming from people like me. Vlad ________________________________________ Finally! Real applications on the web! Free email, contacts, and file storage. http://www.echospace.com -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net