I know this isn't a 'spam' list, but it does get discussed here and there
do seem to be partisans from most of the camps.
It is very hard to prevent a user of an ISP from spamming --- you can
keep the user from *continuing* to spam, but the damage is often already
done, the account a 'throw away' and the spammer moves on..
I was kicking around a thought: what if... the ToS for an ISP included a
reference to the AUP and basically said that there would be an $X
surcharge to a user's account in the event of violations of the AUP,
plus, say, $100/hr of billable time for any work it took on the part of
the support personnel to deal with the problem. Would this be legal?
Would it work [at the least to get spammers to go 'elsewhere'.. I realize
that it is a bit like the [futile] attempt to control coyotes down here:
you can't build fences good enough to keep a hungry coyote away from your
livestock.... so what you aim for is to have a better fence than your
neighbors..:o), but at least that'd be better than doing *NOTHING* [other
than closing the barn door after the spam-horses are already out].
/Bernie\
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