On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 13:04:38 -0500, Sam Ewalt wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:25:09 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
>> The subdimension web site explains that their email services were >> shut down by the spam fighters. I do know of other free email >> services that have announced that they had to stop offering free >> email services for financial reasons. Some of them are still >> offering email services, but no longer for free. >> The "valise.com" web site used to offer a fine email service for a >> very nominal fee. They used to have lots of subscribers for their >> service. They announced that they were shut down by the spam fighters. >> I don't know why they were picked on. I very seldom received any spam >> originating from that domain even though I was a subscriber. > I stand corrrected. > http://www,subdimension.com explains that their ISP terminated > their connection for breaching the terms of service. Subdimension > admits to "an open relay problem" and also admits that some of > their subscribers involved themselves in spam activities and that > they don't know what to do about it. > A few weeks ago you were explaining how you thought it reasonable > that sdf.lonestar.org blocked domains that were the origins of spam. > Isn't the ISP's pulling the plug on subdimension consistent with > the anti-spam viewpoint you've advocated in the past? Yes, it is consistent with the anti-spam viewpoint I have advocated in the past. My point is that I think they should start taking down the worst offenders first before they start picking on the little people. Everyone knows who the big time offenders are and nobody is doing anything about them. I am an advocate also of lenient punishment for first offenders whose offenses are not very grave and for offenders whose offenses are very minor and few and who indicate a willingness to take steps to correct their behavior. Sam Heywood -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser: http://browser.arachne.cz/
