Jim Choate wrote:
my cycles not the person sending the spam. When they send their probe out to my mailer to determine it's configuration without permission that is trespassing. It is the same as if they came onto my property to determine how I configure my VCR. That the computer is accessible through a public channel is as irrelevant to the issue as the fact that the street in front of my house that connects with my driveway is public as well.
but on the other hand, we *do* want to keep cracking legal (at least to some extend) because otherwise what is left of security in cyberspace will quickly vanish into oblivion, right? as a matter of fact, *probing* my machine is nothing I'm worried about. if you like, you can come over and probe all you want. if you find something that should worry me, it would be nice of you to tell me first. but if you dump half a million mails on my server, *that* is not acceptable.