Well, this ISP did. He looked at the end user's e-mail and decided it was spam (it was actually opted-into by said user) and manually black-listed the IP & blocked it.
His argument is: The end user has no right using up *his* resources with what *he* considers to be spam, so everybody suffers. Thanks Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ramy Nabil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Doctor PC - Brian O'Donnell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 03, 2005 4:44 AM Subject: Re: [domains-gen] Question (may be OT) > Dear Brian, > > I think the spam filters do not black list all the IP Blocks found in > the message header, they only block that which sent the message not > every one in the forwarding chain. > > Best Regards, > Ramy Nabil > http://www.mydomreg.com > > Doctor PC - Brian O'Donnell wrote: > > >Hello > > > >I am very sorry if this is off-topic (and maybe a little verbose), but I > >have run into a conflict of opinion situation and need some feedback. > > > >Supposing I purchase from Tucows (or some other entity) a domain > >registration, coupled with e-mail forwarding. Suppose, further, that I am > >not interested in subscribing to any spam filtering or any such tool that > >might lessen the load on the mailservers, for whatever reason. > > > >Let's follow our little piece of sh-- I mean spam, as it goes from its > >source... > >to the domain name, which is set up for email forwarding.... > >through Tucows (for instance)... > >and finally to my private email address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Now, myISP has put in place procedures to prevent the spread of spam. So > >they look at this (single) email message, and, seeing that it "came from" > >Tucows, blocks Tucows' entire IP block. > > > >Now, Tucows' other customers who are also served by myISP ([EMAIL PROTECTED], > >[EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.) don't get their automated 60, 30 etc.. day notices > >because they all bounce back to Tucows as a banned host. > > > >Are you with me so far? > > > >What is the ethical (or legal) ramifications of myISP doing something like > >that? Can they really punish the recipient of the spam? I have been involved > >in a discussion on SpamCop's forum today and the general concensus over > >there is that because myISP is paying for the infrastructure, they, and they > >alone, call the shots as to what a user (paying customer) may receive. We > >are not talking about being punished for sending, just receiving. > > > >Any opinions? > > > >Thanks > > > >Brian P. O'Donnell > >Doctor PC > >www.doctorpc.ca > > > >_______________________________________________ > >domains-gen mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
