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Originally Posted by Gary L
Because I can be.
VM are telling 'us' that we can't send them passworded. and are telling us that we can't receive them. whether malware authors distribute them in this fashion or not is irrelevant. because they are telling us that 'we' can't send them.
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It's not. The reason that they are blocking sending as well is that the Malware authors don't use nice, centralised servers to send the emails. If they did, they would be easy to control. No, they use the computers of hundreds, if not thousands of innocent people hosted on ISPs such as Virgin.
So, if a major ISP blocks them, then it *will* have an impact on malware being sent, as such malware is relevant.
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You can blame something on something, and then something more. until one of them somethings are the accepted reason to why something came in force.
If they are to blame for why they have to be blocked, then they are being nanny. they should give you the option to not have your hand held for you. and let you be grown up and over the age of 18 where it's assumed that you might not be a child.
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Children aren't the only ones affected.. They also aren't the only ones that need protection.
I object to Phorm partly it is difficult to avoid with any certainty for a lot of people as many people are stuck with Virgin (for whatever reason) if they want high speed broadbanda and even with the opt out cookie, it is difficult to check that your data is not going through Phorm's servers.
With Email it's different. VM don't offer anything on their email service that is not offered by thousands of other providers. While it is inconveniant to change email providers it *is* possible for every email user.