Ian Gulliver writes:
> > You know that a site has relayed email because you have a sample of
> > the spam that someone has forwarded to you. Short of self-defense, I
> > see no reason for trespass.
>
> Spam does not necessarily mean relay, and relay does not necessarily
> mean spam.
Obviously you're not an anti-spam service, because you have no
compunctions about spamming innocent people! You have neither
commited to stopping (in fact, you have assured me that you intend to
continue), nor do you express any shame in spamming me.
> Our goal is to be a totally automated system that can block relays in
> realtime (while spamming is in process)
That suggests that you should wait for an attack, rather than
attacking innocent systems. Essentially what you are doing is
wandering down the street, rattling doorknobs, and when the door is
open, searching a dozen specific locations in the house for drugs. Do
you think that would be tolerated in real-life? Why do you think it's
acceptable just because the property is a computer?
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