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> On Tue, 16 Jun 1998, Leo Bicknell wrote: > > I think the operational issue is who uses RBL, not that it > exists. When a customer purchases e-mail services from an ISP there > should be no blocking unless it was specifically part of the contract. > For instance, I believe it would be a bad thing for an "aol" or a > "hotmail" to use the RBL to filter mail. Basically it boils down to > content filtering being bad for an ISP. > > --------- 8< snip > > If an ISP advertises that it is anti-spam and participates in the RBL then > the customer knows up front that the ISP is filtering known spamblocks. > The ISP can even put it in their policy documents/user access agreements. > If they (the customers) don't like it they can select an ISP who lets all > the sewage pass through. As long as you are up front about it the > customer has the choice to use them or not. > > -- > James D. Wilson > [email protected] Some of us would even market this as competitive advantage! ;-) -- Steve Hultquist, VP Engineering High Speed Access providing high-speed Internet access Boulder, Colorado mailto:[email protected] +1.303.581.0800 http://www.HSAcorp.net/
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