Total BS. Look up the term before you use it. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Benson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "ezgoing8" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "opensrs discuss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:38 PM Subject: Re: Spamming
> ezgoing8 wrote: > > > > If you wish to find and shut down the originator of the spam, great. > > > > But if you take the terrorist approach of shutting down every site on a > > server because of one bad egg, that's not so great. Yet it is what is done. > > > > I agree with what you say, but what you say does not justify shutting > > complete servers and harming those that did not commit the sin of spamming. > > I think this requires further comment on my part. > > There's a concept in the legal community of "conspiracy to ____" e.g. > conspiracy to commit murder. The punishment for that offence is the same > as the crime committed, however the person didn't actually do it. > > It's related to organized crime, where someone may tell someone else to > kill some third party. Now, both the boss and the minion can be thrown in > jail... while the boss didn't actually do the work, and the minion didn't > actually act on his own behalf. > > The same concept should apply here. If one person *facilitates* spamming, > they need to be shown that that is a bad idea. Now, that could mean that > a whole NSP get's blackholed, I really don't care. But maybe, just maybe, > they'll think twice before facilitating spamming in the future... > > -kb > -- > Kris Benson > ABC Communications > +1 (250)612-5270 x204 > +1 (888)235-1174 x204
