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On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Greg A. Woods wrote: > > [ 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]> > -- Alex Kamantauskas [email protected]
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