At 9:22 AM -0400 4/21/99, Tom Neff wrote:
> IMRSS open-relay notification is NOT spam because it is an Internet public
> safety function.
Watch out, this is a slippery slope. If I decide it's a public safety
function to start warning internet users that Jesus is coming and to
repent before he arrives, then by your definition, what I'm doing
isn't spam (after all, what is a few open relays compared to saving
all of your souls?)
Who bonks IMRSS on the head and says this is okay, but my soul-saver
isn't? There IS no authority. So you're simply opening things up to
abuse. If there is no authorizing body over "this is good/this is
bad" (and there isn't), authorities live or die based on
self-authorization and the acceptance of the user base. And you
better be very, very careful how you define things, lest you set
precedents that you'll regret later.
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