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Re: RBL Update (Re: Lets go vixie!! rbl)

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Becker)
Wed Jun 17 10:38:30 1998

Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1998 10:03:39 -0400 (EDT)
From: Bill Becker <bbecker@iconn.net>
To: Dean Anderson <dean@av8.com>
cc: Dean Robb <pceasy@norfolk.infi.net>, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <v03007820b1aca95a70e8@[198.3.136.121]>



> [you pretty much can't be more wrong on 2511: the amendment and its
> hearings completely resolves our debate.]

This isn't about logic-chopping -- It's about whether it is feasable to stop
people from crapping all over your network.

> I guess its an emotional topic for many, but this is the current law.
> Maybe you can still get the law changed regarding spam.

If 2511 were relevant to spam, then Wallace Stanford would be a
millionaire today instead of having his ass in a sling.

> MSN just has to change from "You have to take it up with the company you
> want to
> send mail to", to "you have to take it up with the company you want to send
> mail, and if they didn't block it, you should contact the FBI"

If any network wants to connect to our network, then it should be done
according to our acceptable-use policy.  If MSN or their accounts don't 
like our policies, they can go piss up a rope.

Bill

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