[78694] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: sorbs.net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Hennigan)
Wed Mar 16 15:58:58 2005
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:58:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Jay Hennigan <jay@west.net>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF6072B0CF.F7035153-ON80256FC6.004CD433-80256FC6.004D413E@radianz.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 Michael.Dillon@radianz.com wrote:
> > > What if the USPS decided any magazine you subscribed to was
> > > suddenly unfit for delivery and decided it should blocked (thrown
> away)?
> >
> > They don't decide. I do.
>
> This is not factually true. The USPS has a Postal Inspection Service
> that can intercept your mail for various reasons. Details are in
> 39 USC 3013. The quote below comes from a report on their activities
> for the year ended March 31 2004. During that period there were 21
> withholding mail orders issued.
OK, they decide, for extremely small values of decide. 21 withholding
mail orders vs. how many trillions of items handled?
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