On 23 Dec 2008 at 14:55, Barry Warsaw wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Dec 23, 2008, at 2:24 PM, Mark Sapiro wrote: > > > And how does this work when the actual spam message is sent by a > > malware infected computer belonging to an arguably innocent user and > > is sent by direct SMTP to the recipient's MX? > > Bill the OS vendor of the infected machine. :)
Maybe, or the customer's ISP [which permitted the outgoing SMTP connection]. It is actually, I think, an interesting legal question: who should be responsible [in a get-sued way] for damages caused by [what is arguably] a user's negligence in the use of their computer? Or the vendor's negligence in selling a defective/toodangerous product? And not just for spam: what about the zombies in a bot net that cause *real* financial harm to a third party: should the owners of the infected machines bear any responsibility for the damage that's caused? /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:ber...@fantasyfarm.com Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9
