list reinstated. On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 03:28:50PM -0400, Andrew Sullivan (sullivana@bpl.on.ca) wrote: > On Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 12:19:58PM -0700, kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > <rant> > > I'm finding myself with less sympathy for this argument. Broken mailers > > pollute the environment, and should be treated as other forms of > > environmental pollution. If your incompetance at selecting or > > configuring a mailer inconveniences others, it should also inconvenience > > you. This provides incentive to remedy the problem. > > If you're going to argue from analogy, you'll need a better one than > this. What you're advocating is something like death penalty for > parking violation. It's extremely difficult to get off the RBL (on > purpose). With polluters, we try to convince them to change before > we put them in jail. By your own analogy, pleading with the mail > administrators is what we should do in this case. No. It's license suspension for driving an unsafe vehicle, reperable on proof of correction. Commonly known as a fix-it ticket. After warnings, mind you. Our friends who started this thread have received multiple warnings. Behavior persists. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Opensales, Inc. http://www.opensales.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? Debian GNU/Linux rocks! http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ K5: http://www.kuro5hin.org GPG fingerprint: F932 8B25 5FDD 2528 D595 DC61 3847 889F 55F2 B9B0
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