[21759] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Lawsuit threat against RBL users
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sheryl Chapin)
Thu Nov 19 09:40:03 1998
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1998 08:47:58 -0500
To: nanog@merit.edu
From: Sheryl Chapin <schapin@ctel.net>
In-Reply-To: <199811190739.XAA02008@condor.lvrmr.mhsc.com>
>That's right. It stops the practice of using a sacrificial account, from
>AOL or netcom, to spam for a web-site that is otherwise protected. Does it
>make a difference that they didn't spam from their own ISP? That customer
>is *still* a spammer whether they did it from your site or not. Maybe
>you're of the "It's alright as long as they don't do it here" crowd? Well,
>that's one of the things that the RBL was built for. The rest of us don't
>have to put up with your negligence.
I don't see it as "it's alright as long as they don't do it here". I see
it as "I have control over my network, but not over anyone elses". I have
an AUP that specifically states spamming is not allowed. I have kicked off
users who have spammed. However, I do not have an AUP that says "If you
ever spam anyone ever in the world on any network anywhere I will
disconnect whatever service you have". I don't control the entire
internet, just my little piece of it. :-)
Sheryl Chapin
Senior Network Engineer
CommTel Internet 207.377.3508
Winthrop, Maine schapin@ctel.net
