>This is just another case of "if you block it you are liable". This guy is >apparently going to have criminal charges brought against him. That should >be a major wake up call for any of you blocking messages! The ORBS case >made that clear.
"Joe the Lawyer" -- The guy that runs ORBZ is facing legal action because his computers indirectly caused a mail server of the town of Battle Creek, Michigan to go haywire, because it was running buggy software. The is no indication that there are any criminal charges being brought against anyone in the U.S. for blocking messages. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,51218,00.html claims that the ACLU says that "publishing an Orbz-style blacklist [is] legal". Time to go back to law school! -Scott --- Declude: Anti-virus, Anti-spam and Anti-hijacking solutions for IMail. http://www.declude.com --- [This E-mail was scanned for viruses by Declude Virus (http://www.declude.com)] Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
