Re: Yahoo! Mail Bans 'Allah' in User IDs

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 2/20/06, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
> Gotta love the sweet smell of hypocrisy.
>
> Via The Register.
>
> [snip]
>
> Yahoo! is banning the use of allah in email names - even if the letters are included within another name.
>
> This was uncovered by Reg reader Ed Callahan whose mother Linda Callahan was trying to sign up for a Verizon email 
> address. She could not get it to accept her surname.
>
> Enquiries to Verizon revealed that a partnership with Yahoo! was to blame. Yahoo! will
> not accept any identies which include the letters "allah".

valhallah () yahoo com is outta the question? Well, at least there is always my
backup of makeUhallah () yahoo com

What?!

-JP

_______________________________________________
Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts.
https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec
Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.