North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Extreme spam testing
On 23 Dec 2003, Paul Vixie wrote: > > You'd be hard pressed to frame what NJABL does in terms of "abuse", > > because of the intent, and because of the actual bit volume involved. > > intent does not, and cannot, matter. when an isp hears a complain about > spam, and seeks explaination from their spamming customer, an answer of > the form "we have only the best of intentions", then the result still has > to be service disconnection. Therefore, in accordance with your logic, if I have a "spam in hand", and I probe your servers to determine if you're an open relay, I'm myself spamming, and that is network abuse, and my ISP should disconnect me. So intent doesn't matter, huh? Andy --- Andy Dills Xecunet, Inc. www.xecu.net 301-682-9972 ---
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