Re: [tlug] giving up on email

[David Santinoli <u235@example.com>]

On Mon, Apr 12, 2004 at 11:58:32AM +0200, Godwin Stewart wrote:
> 
> Can't the Italian providers who do nothing about the abuse be
> considered accomplices by their inaction?
> If it were possible to go after interbusiness.it, tiscali.it and
> libero.it armed with this, everyone's spam load would be reduced
> drastically and Italy might just be able to clean up the reputation it
> has.

Hi Godwin,
  from this sentence, one could argue that the three providers you name
account for the majority of "everyone's spam load" - this I can hardly
believe is your case, not to say "everyone's".
I also wonder how many believe Italy has the spammish reputation
you depict.  True, we have a huge problem here - Interbusiness.  But
dropping this giant telco ex-monopolist in the same cauldron as other
(more or less) clueful companies is a bit unfair IMHO.  And to get to
your question, no, I don't think existing laws allow going after
providers for their inaction; the real punishment here should come from
angry customers abandoning the black-hatted providers.  Selective
blacklisting should favour the migration to more responsible ISPs.


> France has just made it illegal to publish proof-of-concept code
> demonstrating a vulnerability in software:

That's where open proxy lists come to help.  :-)

Cheers
 David
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