Re: spam from chinanet

[Wouter Verhelst <wouter@grep.be>]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2004 at 12:22:54PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach Cameron Patrick <cameron@patrick.wattle.id.au> [2004.09.15.1220 +0200]:
> > Why?  If their ISP mail relays are run as badly as some of the
> > ones here in WA seem to be, you will be making people choose
> > between having their mail delayed for hours (or even days) at
> > times due to overloaded ISP mail servers[1]; or being blocked from
> > mailing debian.org.
> 
> So why do you subscribe to the services of an incompetent ISP?

Because sometimes you don't have a choice.

* The incompetent ISP could be the only affordable option.
* Your incompetent boss may have made a horrible decision.
* The incompetent ISP could be a monopoly, *forcing* you to use them.

Blocking people because of their ISP is silly.

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