[61523] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Fun new policy at AOL
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JC Dill)
Fri Aug 29 16:14:34 2003
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 13:05:58 -0700
To: nanog <nanog@nanog.org>
From: JC Dill <nanog@vo.cnchost.com>
In-Reply-To: <041f01c36e66$11e907f0$0316a8c0@bigp4>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
At 12:45 PM 8/29/2003, Vivien M. wrote:
> > On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Vivien M. wrote:
> >
> > > And what do you do if you're not the admin for the relay? And what
> > > about if the admin tells you "This is why we installed some webmail
> > > package. Use that instead."?
> >
> > You switch service provider or give them a whack with the cluebat.
>
>And if the "service provider" is your employer/educational institution? You
>quit your job? Drop out of school? Swallow your pride and suffer with
>webmail?
You do the same thing you do when they implement other stupid policies -
you live with the policy, or you work around it. If your school makes a
stupid policy that you can't park your car between the hours of 8 am and 9
am, you get there before 8 or after 9, or you have a friend drop you off,
or take the bus, or you pay to park in the lot across the street.
jc
