Re: Spammers hapless fate = ISP toil and sweat
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:42:57 +0100
- Resent-date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 12:57:13 +0200
- Resent-message-id: <9709191057.AA15110@localhost
On Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:48:28 +0100
Matt Ryan matt@localhost wrote:
>
> Much as I wouldn't like to be seen agreeing with Neil, but his last point
> below is the most constructive comment to date. The delivery of email is a
> co-operative process, spammers (who don't relay through you) are NOT stealing
> your resources. They are using a valid distribution method to deliver email
> to your customers. If they generate all their spam via their own server (and
> I know some [most?] don't) then I think you are obliged to deliver it.
>
> Also any ISP who black-holes parts of the 'net is in danger of having their
> competitors use it against them in marketing material...
>
Yah, I wouldn't filter out any part of the net, unless it was damaging my
services or my network, I do inform our customers of the dangers in having
an open relaying mail server however. Technical solutions work short term
but the spammer will always be back. Until the day when the users find
spam as socially unacceptable as drink driving.
Cheers,
Neil.
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