Re: Fully spam/virus filtered mail, and reliable outbound relay

From: Thor Kottelin (thor_at_anta.net)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:34:43 +0300

"John S. Dyson" wrote:
>
> In article <barmar-780945.17130512062004@comcast.dca.giganews.com>,
> Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> writes:
> >
> > This stuff is all "necessary evils", due to the enormous problem of spam
> > and email-borne malware. Do you think ISPs are implementing these
> > blocks capriciously?
> >
> In my own case, I pay a significant premium for having a full
> internet connection (but it is still incredibly inexpensive
> when compared with the cost 5yrs ago)

> A reasonable tradeoff would be for the $50/month user (or whatever)
> would have the 'blocked' mini-internet capabilities, while for
> $125/month, the user would have a more traditional internet
> connection. The typical family wouldn't see the lesser
> capability of the $50/month connection, other than the lower price.

This happens all the time, and I agree on the resonability.

If the customer would be the gambling type, another reasonable tradeoff
would be for him to get his $125 connectivity for $50, provided he posts a
$10000 bond which he would forfeit to the provider should his connection be
used for sending junk mail.

Follow-ups set.

Thor 

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