On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 mindfuq@comcast.net wrote:
Legitimate email - deliver as intended. non-legitimate email - block the connection at the server.
Do we need laws for that?
We definately need a law making it illegal for an ISP to block non-spam email. I cannot email a friend who uses AOL, and wants to receive my email, because AOL blocks it. The only law out there to
That is incorrect. AOL owns their network, and they can respond to your arbitrary communications on their network in any way they see fit. Maybe they will deliver your email to your AOL subscribing friend. Maybe they will block that email. Maybe they will translate the email into French and reverse the word-order and then send it to your friend. Maybe they will print it out and mail it back to you for no reason. All of these responses are perfectly legitimate, and represent a private entity using their property in whatever way they see fit, _provided that_ they abide by any contracts they have entered into with their subscriber (which, in this case, is not you). It amazes me how many people on this list only respect private property when it is convenient for them to do so. (For reference, see the "Tim May argues (correctly) that people can't protest in his house" and, more recently, the "Gilmore thinks airlines can't refuse him travel for any reason they see fit" threads) ----- John Kozubik - john@kozubik.com - http://www.kozubik.com