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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Reporting Little Blue Men
At 03:54 PM 1/21/98 -0500, Dennis Simpson wrote: >> From: Dean Anderson <[email protected]> >> >> But when you take the step from advocacy to actions you are violating the >> law in almost every case. You can advocate anything, but you can't go >> tearing down buildings, or in this case, intercepting communications. >I cannot block mail espousing causes I disagree with, but I have no >obligation to deliver them either. Find yourself another path to my >client; I won't do anything to permit or prevent it. I am not blocking you. >I am also not assisting you. That is neither illegal nor immoral. I agree with almost everything you said, but there is one point I question. It is my understanding that I have an absolute right to block mail espousing causes I disagree with on my private property (e.g. my mail server). I am not the government, you have no "First Amendment" rights with me. Of course, IANAL, so I could be wrong. Unfortunately, I also agree that reading the CONTENT of users' e-mail is immoral and reprehensible, so I don't know how I would block "causes" I despise. And whether it is illegal or not, it is probably actionable in civil court, so it's not a good idea no matter what. (Seems you can sue anyone for anything in the US.) >SPAM yourself silly. That's cute. Can I use it? ;) >dennis TTFN, patrick ************************************************************** Patrick W. Gilmore voice: +1-650-482-2840 Director of Operations fax: +1-650-482-2844 PRIORI NETWORKS, INC. http://www.priori.net "The People You Know. The People You Trust." **************************************************************
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