Sam,

Is it censorship when an ISP like mine screens for viruses and refuses
to save infected e-mail received to my pop3 files on the server?  In a
way I consider that to be a fact -- my ISP is denying me access to
something someone is sending me.  Just because the majority of the
people using the ISP are also using Windows software, a few are using
Linux, and only one is using DOS, is it "fair" to prevent the sole DOS
user, on a multi-county multi-state ISP, from getting virus infected
e-mail that can't possibly hurt me?

And are you certain that the daemon messanger was from Glenn's ISP and
not yours?  It seems strange that your outgoing stuff is the only thing
anyone has seen being dumped into the bit bucket... could be
coincidence.

Why don't you try using the subject with one of the accepted alternative
spellings like "Oshama"  or Bin Lauden vs. Bin Laden and see what
various ISPs do with the message.  If you find a place where you get
kickbacks that can be duplicated, try narrowing it down by omitting a
single element of the subject ... send with Osama bin or bin lauden or
whatever and see if somewhere someone's fear is operating to "protect
the users" from exposure.

You could make quite a "game" out of messing with the software that is
"shielding" the reticent sites.
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/

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