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Re: while i'm on the subject of filtering, here's today's list of spammers

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tom Glover)
Thu Feb 20 07:11:56 1997

Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 03:55:09 -0800 (PST)
From: Tom Glover <tomg@boiled.egg.com>
To: Tim Salo <salo@msc.edu>
cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <199702200443.WAA12829@uh.msc.edu>

On Wed, 19 Feb 1997, Tim Salo wrote:

> > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 15:55:23 -0800
> > From: Paul A Vixie <paul@vix.com>
> > 	[...]
> > I will not have network resources I pay for, used to spam me, or to spam
> > others.  I have the right of use and/or disposal of my own property.  People
> > who spam are committing "theft of service" and my Ip reachability matrix is
> > better off without such people in it.
> > 	[...]
> 
> Oh, great.  Next, the abortion foes will try to deny the advocates
> access.  Then, the gays versus the straights.  The Jews and the
> Gentiles. ...
> 
> -tjs
> 

Yep, I'm concerned. I find the precedent frightening and the use of
"public" resources to satisfy a "private" goal to also be frightening.
Even though the "private" goal is admirable. 

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Regards,
Tom
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