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[ On Friday, December 17, 1999 at 08:49:17 (-0800), Tim Wolfe wrote: ] > Subject: Re: ORBS block > > If Provider X wants to listen to Dean's loony conspiracy theories and block > ORBS from going through their network, how is that thef of service? That > would only be true if ORBS pays Provider X for some type of service and then > they could fall back to whatever options (arbitration, etc) that their > contract allows. It's simple: I find ORBS a valuable service, both for ensuring my own mail servers are secure, as well as for telling me about the issues with my neighbours servers, as well as all the rest around the world. If my provider, or an upstream provider from them, were blocking ORBS, even just their inbound tests, then they would be stealing a service I value. ORBS is not doing anything whatsoever to affect the network layer and network operators and providers should not even see them on their horizon. If e-mail operators are having some kind of trouble with ORBS then that's a different issue, but *not* one that requires network-level intervention, especially not upstream from *anyone*. It is most important that people not confuse these issues. ORBS is not a network thing -- it only affects a single service. -- Greg A. Woods +1 416 218-0098 VE3TCP <[email protected]> <robohack!woods> Planix, Inc. <[email protected]>; Secrets of the Weird <[email protected]>
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