RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-20 Thread Charlie Meisch
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RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-20 Thread Ed Ward
> > I administer a mail gateway processing upwards of 7,000 messages per > > day, and unabashedly can confirm we trash more than 4,000 of these > > per day unread and without providing notifications as to why. This > > is common practice throughout Government, corporate's and business, > > the a

RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-20 Thread Don Cameron
Norbert writes: > Can anyone suggest a good quotable reference for the fact that > this kind of thing is common practice? Norbert unfortunately information in this area isn't so easily forthcoming because of security and proprietary concerns - Organisations that filter email content tend not to a

Re: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-19 Thread Norbert Bollow
Don Cameron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I administer a mail gateway processing upwards of 7,000 messages per day, > and unabashedly can confirm we trash more than 4,000 of these per day unread > and without providing notifications as to why. This is common practice > throughout Government, corpor

RE: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-19 Thread Don Cameron
> Maybe of interest to find out more about the pros and cons and what > will be the result of this if implemented: +1 - At the moment it's sheer conjecture to assume this will increase or decrease the amount of mail successfully delivered to a recipients mailbox, or the amount of Spam we receive

Re: [DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-18 Thread Philipp Schmidt
Maybe of interest to find out more about the pros and cons and what will be the result of this if implemented: --- "Email -- Should the Sender Pay?" EFF Fundraiser, Debate Between Esther Dyson and Danny O'Brien In light of AOL's adopting a "certified" email system, EFF is hosting a debate o

[DDN] Net Neutrality and AOL ...It Begins

2006-04-18 Thread Dave A. Chakrabarti
I received an email today from the EFF that really brought home to me how urgent this net neutrality debate really is. If you're like me, you've been thinking that it's important, but haven't really understood how or what you can do about it, or why it's so urgent...everything seems to be playe