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pypi has blocked signups from outlook before. I don't think they care about the impact it creates
by takipsizad 1y ago
pypi has blocked signups from outlook before.
I don't think they care about the impact it creates
- dewey 1y agoI know a bunch of sites who do that and the problem is usually that register emails get flagged by outlook and never arrive, causing a lot of support burden. Easier to then nudge people into the direction of Gmail or other providers that don't have these issues.
- takipsizad 1y agoit was in the context of blocking email providers because of malicious mass signups (https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2024-06-16-prohibiting-msn-emails/ https://blog.pypi.org/posts/2024-06-16-prohibiting-msn-email...)
- jrockway 1y agoI've been down that road before. Blocking Outlook and Protonmail filters out 0% of legitimate users and 75% of bots. You do what you can so you're not always 1 step behind.