[7079] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Questions about Internet Packet Losses
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matt Ranney)
Thu Jan 16 04:04:44 1997
From: Matt Ranney <mjr@ranney.com>
To: bzs@world.std.com (Barry Shein)
Date: Thu, 16 Jan 1997 01:01:42 -0800 (PST)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, inet-access@earth.com, nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199701160605.AA26085@world.std.com> from "Barry Shein" at Jan 16, 97 01:05:11 am
Barry Shein writes...
>
[...]
> 3. In order for an email message to pass over port 52 it must have a
> header which reads:
>
> X-SPAM-CHARTER: This message conforms to the SPAM Charter
>
> or similar (X-PUCE-CHARTER:). Otherwise, it's just dropped on the
> floor. Remember that this is the new port.
>
> 4. Abuse of that header is a litigable trademark violation (we get
> this set up with lawyers, but akin to DC comics or the Good
> Housekeeping Seal.)
[...]
You can trademark the use of a TCP port? Are you sure?
If so, what a keen idea this might be. Either that, or its really
scary. I'm not sure which.
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