[122843] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Email Portability Approved by Knesset Committee
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barry Shein)
Mon Feb 22 13:35:40 2010
From: Barry Shein <bzs@world.std.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:34:34 -0500
To: Gadi Evron <ge@linuxbox.org>
In-Reply-To: <4B829E39.6070600@linuxbox.org>
Cc: NANOG Operators Group <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
My initial reaction: Does the law in any way imply this mail address
has to be provided for free?
If not then I don't see any real problem on the surface. It just means
we have to offer the opportunity to keep the mail address functioning
for a fee.
That said, what does occur to me is what happens when we've closed
someone's account for email abuse (e.g., a spammer)?
That thought might be extended to non-payment, if an account is closed
for non-payment is there any further obligation under this law?
I assume sane heads will prevail in such cases but until then this
might conceivably create a loophole for some miscreant to harass the
provider. As a general rule miscreants often have no shame.
I suppose the whole forwarding / spamblocking issue arises but that's
not any different than any service which allows forwarding.
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