[63018] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: VeriSign SMTP reject server updated
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Thu Sep 25 08:51:43 2003
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 08:50:43 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <20030921121832.A14901@homebase.cluenet.de> from "Daniel Roesen" at Sep 21, 2003 12:18:32 PM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Beating up the spokestech may feel good but is pointless.
The way to solve the Verislime problem is straightforward,
but not simple.
Make it unprofitable for them.
Maybe that is by political pressure [but I doubt it -- they have
big lobbying muscle..] from the Hill.
It may be by lawsuits.
It may be by driving their costs up.
It may be by hurting their other revenue lines, including registration.
I donno.
(Today, all I wish is that all this &^%^&*^ swen garbage was
choking their pipes, not mine.)
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