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Re: Spammer by incompetence, RBL may be an option



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.

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