On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, ISP_Ratings wrote:
lcs Remailer Administrator wrote:
Because of recent attacks on the remailer network and mail2news gateways, I may loose access to at least one of the news servers I currently feed news to from my mail2news gateway.
Who attacked the network and for what reason?
If you are a news administrator, believe in free speech and anonymity, and you would like to help the cause, please consider giving transfer (aka "IHAVE" or "hosts.nntp") privileges to this machine. You will not be the only server, and so do not need to worry about being the point of entrance of mail2news articles to Usenet.
Please contact me if you can help. Thank you.
Well, just who is cutting you off and for what reason? And what is their telephone number?
For those who oppose the existence of mail2news gateways, you should know that we are taking steps to limit the abuse.
Just what is your definition of "abuse?" However, doing so
without in any way limiting articles that abide by the usage policy is tricky, and must be done carefully. Please be patient.
I'm writing from the Freedom Knights list but am in no way representing them.
What exactly do you mean by 'taking steps to limit the abuse'? Personally I think much of what is called abuse is nonsense and that all posts, with the exception of cancels/NoCems should be propogated regardless of content (including what is currently referred to as spam).
Also--could you forward to the Freedom Knights list a copy of your 'usage policy' and impressions on the Freedom Knights two FAQs.
Thanks,
Steve