[13263] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Spam Control Considered Harmful
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (NetSurfer)
Fri Oct 31 20:14:21 1997
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 15:09:57 -1000 (HST)
From: NetSurfer <netsurf@pixi.com>
To: "Greg A. Woods" <woods@weird.com>
cc: "John A. Tamplin" <jat@traveller.com>,
Dalvenjah FoxFire <dalvenjah@dal.net>, Cal_Thixton@TPA.Net,
phil@agis.net, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <m0xQmwY-00076xC@most.weird.com>
On Thu, 30 Oct 1997, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> However if you offer cheap dial-up accounts that can be opened either
> immediately, perhaps with a credit card number, then you've got no real
> way to establish *any* level of trust with your new customers and indeed
> the only way you can enforce your AUP is by technical means. I.e. if
If your contract with them states that you will charge their credit card
$500 for spamming and they agree to the contract, I'll bet they won't spam
from the account. All of a sudden the account is not "throw away"
-
James D. Wilson
netsurf@pixi.com
