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Re:Facebook Lies by _jal on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @10:00AM (#15392446)
I set one up with my primary email address probably 10 years ago just to block someone else doing it. I keep their IP space blocked on my local network (but not my mail server - I try to be a good netizen). I have probably seen a facebook.com page three or four times since then - misclicks at work, etc. And never while 'logged in'[1].

I still get an endless stream of spam from them.

"Facebook - more AOL than AOL ever was."

[1] whatever that means, wrt them.

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Re:Facebook Lies by 659087 on Tuesday October 03, 2017 @10:03AM (#15392469)
> (but not my mail server - I try to be a good netizen)

Blocking sources of spam is part of being a "good netizen".

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Re:Facebook Lies by _jal on Friday October 06, 2017 @11:55AM (#15417787)
Being reachable by other admins is what I was referring to[1]. I do aggressively block pure-spam hosts, of course, but I can't consider FB one of those.

[1] I find it exceedingly unlikely that FB mail admins would need to reach me to troubleshoot something, but it is the principle.

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