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Re: Lawsuit threat against RBL users

  • From: Sean Finn
  • Date: Thu Nov 19 16:06:42 1998 
At 11:39 PM 11/18/98 -0800, Roeland M.J. Meyer wrote:
>That's right. It stops the practice of using a sacrificial account, from
>AOL or netcom, to spam for a web-site that is otherwise protected. Does it
>make a difference that they didn't spam from their own ISP? 

Please allow me a moment to ask:

Does it make any difference whether your customer actually originated the 
offending msgs?

Couldn't such a spamset come from one of their competitor? 

Or a chat room hacker that got pissed off?

I understand AUP regarding what actually happens on an account.

Unless the "throwaway" account can be tied to your customer,
then I don't understand the justification for compromising 
service. 

(I personally don't find "it's generally true", or "it's too much trouble",
 or "the end justifies the means" to be especially convincing arguments.)