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As enscripted by Kevin Smith: > > Any email...even regular questions/replies....I think specific > types of email would be more appropriate..."spam","obscene" etc. Kevin, We meet again. The circles certainly seem small at times. I question your comments regarding AT&T Worldnet's announcement. I read it as clearly stating that _any_ mail (not limited to spam or obscene, etc.) being relayed (not to or from an AT&T Worldnet customer) will not be delivered by AT&T Worldnet's mail servers. I have three things to say, each from a different point of view. 1. As a frequent recipient of spam delivered by AT&T Worldnet: it's about time. See number 2. 2. As above and a proponent of the open Internet: Yay, another provider taking control and repsonsibility for their participation in the Internet. 3. As a system admin at an ISP: I don't blame 'em. I have investigated methods for doing this myself and will be proposing early next week that we take the same measures. Nobody has an obligation to relay any mail for any other body on the Internet. If more mail servers on the Internet took these measures, the level of spam would come down due to the easier job of finding the real point of origin of the spam. Take care Kevin, b. -- Brian J. Murrell [email protected] BCTel Advanced Communications [email protected] Vancouver, B.C. [email protected] 604 454 5279 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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