Hello I am very sorry if this is off-topic (and maybe a little verbose), but I have run into a conflict of opinion situation and need some feedback.
Supposing I purchase from Tucows (or some other entity) a domain registration, coupled with e-mail forwarding. Suppose, further, that I am not interested in subscribing to any spam filtering or any such tool that might lessen the load on the mailservers, for whatever reason. Let's follow our little piece of sh-- I mean spam, as it goes from its source... to the domain name, which is set up for email forwarding.... through Tucows (for instance)... and finally to my private email address at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now, myISP has put in place procedures to prevent the spread of spam. So they look at this (single) email message, and, seeing that it "came from" Tucows, blocks Tucows' entire IP block. Now, Tucows' other customers who are also served by myISP ([EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], etc.) don't get their automated 60, 30 etc.. day notices because they all bounce back to Tucows as a banned host. Are you with me so far? What is the ethical (or legal) ramifications of myISP doing something like that? Can they really punish the recipient of the spam? I have been involved in a discussion on SpamCop's forum today and the general concensus over there is that because myISP is paying for the infrastructure, they, and they alone, call the shots as to what a user (paying customer) may receive. We are not talking about being punished for sending, just receiving. Any opinions? Thanks Brian P. O'Donnell Doctor PC www.doctorpc.ca _______________________________________________ domains-gen mailing list [email protected] http://discuss.tucows.com/mailman/listinfo/domains-gen
