At 01:41 PM 7/31/99 , you wrote:
>for RBL. If there are, then the enormous influence of RBL and its impact on
>interconnectivity and therefore freedom of speech can simply be ignored.
>There are lots of substitutes for RBL, aren't there?
Right now, it's effectively a monopoly, like BIND. :-)
Don't get me wrong, I support what Vixie and
his RBL "customers" have been doing. There
appears to be considerable trust in the "product."
It's for this reason that it would be really
unfortunate to have a major incident occur
that would damage that trust. In many ways,
that's a greater risk here than the potential
financial liability - which is limited only to
the actors involved. The issue is a test for
making the call - and here where the evidence
clearly suggests a significant customer relationship,
the adverse action by RBL shouldn't be taken.
Perhaps what we need is an RFC on what constitutes
spam, and an associated judgmental test, e.g.,
preponderance of the evidence. compelling, etc.
--tony
