On 28 Aug 2003 at 0:26, murr rhame wrote: > Spam haven or not, I don't like the precedent of a court forcing > an ISP to accept email from another ISP. One of the few > inalienable rights you have on the net is the right to refuse to > listen.
But the question might be one of the duty of the *transport* providers. Notice that if you refuse to accept email addressed to me, then you deprive me of *MY* right to decide to 'listen' or not -- you've already made the decision for me. So one way to look at it is whether the sysadmins are actually the focal points [and we users who rely on them to receive our email] merely their minions subject to their whims [hello world.std.com]; or whether the *users* are the focal point and the sysadmins are supposed to be serving _them_. [I won't use an ISP [and will try to get others to boycott it, too] that tells me what email I can and cannot receive]. I don't mind *advice* or even handy tools to deal with certain classes of stuff automatically, but for me, at least, I want the decision on what to do with email addressed to me to reside with *ME*. /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <--
