Philip, >From what I have read, people have given you complete and logic advice on how to do this properly. Yeah, the US has laws regarding SPAM. They also have laws on drinking and driving. Law's are reactive. But, if you wish to forego the advice of list members then you should probably really think about the next question. Is the mini-flame war you're tying to conduct productive to the preventing of spam, i.e. this group?
I'd check the archives... Matt's been around for a while. He's advice is usually on the money. Gary Wayne Smith > -----Original Message----- > From: Philip Prindeville [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, February 06, 2006 8:16 PM > To: Matt Kettler > Cc: users@spamassassin.apache.org > Subject: Re: Couple of newbie questions... (repost) > > Matt Kettler wrote: > > >Philip Prindeville wrote: > > > > > >>I.e. any provider or country that doesn't have an institutional policy > >>of prosecuting spam senders... > >> > >> > >Erm, so you're going to block all of the US, correct? > > > > > > No. We have laws against spam that hopefully most legitimate ISP's > attempt > to conform to. >