On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Len Budney wrote:
> Russell Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Rask Ingemann Lambertsen writes:
> > > Most other anti-spam measures have a technical
> > > foundation...Blocking dialups doesn't. IMHO, it comes dangerously
> > > close to racism.
> >
> > ...it's a reasonable prejudice, since all of the non-relayed spam I
> > get comes from dialups.
>
> And all the crime I've experienced was perpetrated by "those people."
> That's why I ready my pepper spray whenever one of "them" comes near
> me.
Oh, come on...this sounds like the same BS logic that was used to argue
that SMTP servers should remain open relays...
> > Not all prejudice is bad.
>
> True, but even factually-based prejudice, when based on _correlation_
> rather than _causation_, is mighty risky business.
Allowing UUNet dialup IPs direct access to my mail server has _caused_
alot more spam than I now get.
James Smallacombe Internet Access for The Delaware
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Valley in PA, NJ and DE
PlantageNet Internet Ltd. http://www.pil.net
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