Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 20 Jan 2000 10:21:59 +0100 | From | Helge Hafting <> | Subject | Re: [Semi-OT,important] ORBS globally blocks users of these lists |
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> On the other side, you don't put people in jail just because they CAN > DO something illegal. Having an open relay is about as bad as doing the spamming, so no problem with blacklisting them. Do you do something about a person that leaves loaded guns lying in the streets, or do you wait till a 4-year old pick one up and accidentally shoot someone? Similiar situation, although the consequences are much worse.
> That's a fascist idea: you have to prove yourself > innocent if you want to be let alone. Sure.
> Mail exchangers are not persons. But there are persons behind them, and > by blocking MXes you hit on their job. Not if they do their job properly.
Helge Hafting
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