I was just moved over to the DBA team at work. It’s work I’m somewhat familiar with, and I’m being given a lot of time to absorb the new playbook before I’m thrown into the game. Or I guess they won’t be using me on clutch third downs until we’re closer to the playoffs. This metaphor isn’t really going anywhere.
LazyDBA is a mailing list, one I’ve found answers on in the past. Their web archive is terrible, but I thought I’d give it a shot. I signed up with my work address. It took about a day to realize that I’d rather be using Gmail, with its conversation view and organized replies.
So I unsubscribed, and signed up with my Gmail address, but I never got a confirmation email. I tried again, and then again the next day, and let it sit a week before I gave it another shot. No dice. I came to find out that they might be blocking hotmail and yahoo accounts. I signed up with my nordquist.com address, and boom – got a confirmation right away.
Rude. First, their site doesn’t say anything about blacklisting the largest email providers. Second, isn’t it just common sense to validate the form? Don’t tell me that you’re actually sending a confirmation when you aren’t.
I suppose this policy helps them weed out abusive people, but to simply deny service to EVERY Gmail, Yahoo! and Hotmail user is just crazy.
So has Gmail become one of the largest providers around? Hotmail and Yahoo don’t surprise me, but it seems like just yesterday I was buying a gmail beta password off ebay. :)