On Wed, 27 Jan 1999, Racer X wrote:

> There is no such thing as the "right" of a user to all the services an
> ISP provides.  The user is entitled to what he's paid for.  That's it.
> If the ISP wishes to charge extra for certain services, or to refuse to
> offer certain services, that's that.  The customer is free to go
> elsewhere.  This is not "prejudice", "racism", or any other silly term
> like that.  It's "business."

That's not what we are discussing. I'm not paying you to receive my mail,
your users are paying you, so that they can receive _their_ mail. Either
them come from dial-up or not.

> For those of you who have an "unreliable" ISP who tends to lose your mail
> and still refuses to allow you outbound access - I have no sympathy for
> you.  Go find another ISP.  It's your own money you're wasting staying at
> the ISP who won't offer the services you want.  I refuse to care about
> your own foolishness in where you spend your money.  If you want a
> particular service, ask for it and offer to sign a contract with the ISP.
> If they won't do it, go elsewhere.

Obviously u never lived in a country, where monopolies are the rules, not
the exception.

> to at least some extent.  We're not trying to hide our countermeasures.
> Admittedly, we don't advertise in big letters "we block spam" but if a
> customer calls and asks about our policies we'll gladly explain them.  We

Why would they call you? They would call u and say, i suspect i haven't
received some mail that u deleted? 

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Politicamente incorrecto, e membro (nao muito) proeminente da geracao rasca.

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