I agree with Dan. Does anyone have any references to good usage policies, case law, or other information that backs up if it is your server and service that you can block spam, etc.?
Don S. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:IMail_Forum- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Dan Star > Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 11:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] ORBZ shut down > > Joe Wolf wrote: > > [snip] > > > > You can block any mail you want. I just don't want the unaware to > believe > > these blocking products are without liability. > > ORBZ is not a blocking product. It is a database of open relays. Admins > decide > if they want to use ORBZ or not. So if you want to find anyone liable you > should focus on the admins who use ORBZ not ORBZ itself. But even this is > ridiculous because you sign up for an email service that has certain > stipulations of use; as such, the matter of free speech has certain > conditions. > If you want totally free speech, then host your own mail server. Admins > who use > these databases aren't trying to censor content in a BIG BROTHER fashion; > they > are just trying to keep the obvious junk out. > > [Snip] > > Dan > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > ---------- > [This e-mail scanned by CompBiz for Viruses. http://www.CompBiz.Net] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
