[WEB4LIB] Re: Blocking web-based chat

[Dan Lester]

At 09:09 AM 11/24/99 -0800, josh at saratoga.lib.ny.us wrote:
>I started with Dan's list at http://www.84.com/blacklist.htm. There
>are some problems with that list. I will of course send Dan my
>solutions when I get there - but I'm going to outline it here.

Great.  All solutions and assistance welcomed.

>The main problems are his list doesn't distinguish between chat, games,
>and e-mail. (We block chat and games altogether but simply restrict
>e-mail to some machines) This is acknowledged on the web page. The
>second problem was how to block only the chat services on sites that
>offer a lot more. For example http://123india.com is on his list as it
>provides access to chat and e-mail, but it is also a very good soure
>of information about India.

Thanks for the tip on that one.  The entry you cite has now been replaced 
with these three:
http://www.123india.com/mail/
http://chat.123india.com
http://greetings.123india.com

Why greetings?  Because a number of our more inventive patrons have figured 
out that you can send multipage emails from a greetings site instead of 
just the usual "happy birthday, love, dan" type of thing.  We're not 
actively seeking out greetings sites to block, but as we run across them we 
add them to the list.

cheers

dan

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