At 01:45 26-03-2009, Michael Dillon wrote:
Forget about exotic laws like CAN-SPAM. This systematic attempt to disrupt
IETF mailing lists should be enough to get a court injunction ordering him
to cease and desist. The Internet is irrelevant. The technology is irrelevant.
Let's step back and look at this differently.
1. The mere act of using an email address on a public mailing list
or any public area will result in that email address being a target
for spam. If you use the email address for one-to-one email
exchanges only, it will still find its way onto a spam list.
2. It is trivial to harvest the email addresses of IETF
participants who have posted messages to an IETF-related mailing list.
3. Mail servers generally have a feature to reject SMTP
connections originating from an IP address or a domain. Most mail
clients have a filtering feature which allows a message to be disposed if:
(i) email addresses in the author or recipient fields matches
some criteria; or
(ii) a specific word is found in the subject line.
4. There will always be someone somewhere attempting to "disrupt
IETF mailing lists".
If the problem discussed in this thread is about spam, it can be
addressed by item 3. There are also IETF mailing list policies to
deal with spam if the problem is at the IETF's end.
By forwarding or quoting the questionable content, IETF participants
are amplifying the message. If a person is subject to an existing
PR-Action, the best course of action is not to post the person's
message to an IETF mailing list unless the content is relevant to the
discussion.
It is better for the IETF to take legal action or send cease and
desist letters as an action of last resort. Such actions should not
be used to put a stop to anti-social behavior as that only fuels the
argument. It might also send the wrong message.
Regards,
-sm
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