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   From: nospam@nospam.invalid   
      
   In article ,   
   Auric__  wrote:   
      
   >   
   > > In article , Mayayana   
   > >  wrote:   
   > >>  Note that my email autodeletes   
   > >> webmail like gmail and hotmail.   
   > >   
   > > that's rather extreme and doesn't do what you might think it does.   
   > >   
   > > gmail and hotmail can be used with non-web mail clients via imap, both   
   > > desktop or mobile, and/or a custom domain.   
   > >   
   > > other email providers frequently offer web access in addition to imap.   
   >   
   > I believe he means specifically those two, probably along with other free   
   > services like Yahoo. It's not that extreme; I believe there are lots of   
   > people who do so.   
      
   almost none, since doing so will block a lot of legitimate email,   
   particularly since both can be used with custom domains. there is also   
   no reason to block those who choose to use a web client, which can be   
   used with just about any email provider.   
      
   if the goal is to block google and microsoft from ever seeing his   
   email, then blocking by domain is guaranteed to fail since there's no   
   way to reliably determine if email has transited either one.   
      
   if the goal is to block spam, then blocking by domain is also   
   guaranteed to fail since spammers fake just about everything.   
      
   gmail has some of the best spam filtering around, and one reason why   
   many companies use it as a back end for their own email on their own   
   domain.   
      
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