Ian Eiloart wrote:
> 
> --On 18 January 2008 13:45:52 -0800 Phil Pennock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> wrote:
> 
>> So typing HELO and VRFY into an SMTP session are now fraudulent,
>> impersonating a computer.  Never mind that the older RFC-series
>> protocols such as SMTP were deliberately designed to be something a
>> human could type in.  Every mail-admin on this mailing-list is probably
>> in trouble on that score, now.
> 
> No, they're not. This was a civil case, which doesn't set criminal (or even 
> civil) precedent. Even if it did, the jurisdiction is limited only to North 
> Dakota.
> 
> 

Even better - that particular case record is *so* heavily flawed that it 
might - in retrospect - actually help de-fang any attempt to use it - 
even IN North Dakota.

Not to mention having heightened awareness of the need for being better 
prepared with accurate information if/as/when a case should arise that 
does NOT predominently hinge on the strange antics of what appear to be 
outright fools on all sides.

The US legal system is a mess - but I'm not losing any sleep over this one.

Bill




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