Re: Is the .to (Tonga) domain completely rogue and should be removed?

["Roeland M.J. Meyer" <rmeyer () mhsc com>]

At 10:28 PM 9/30/98 -0400, Dean Anderson wrote:
> At 03:08 PM 9/30/98 -0500, Sam Hayes Merritt, III wrote:
> > On Wed, 30 Sep 1998, Barry Shein wrote:
> >
> > > We've been having increasing problems with one or more porn sites in
> > > the .to domain promoting itself by massive spamming of AOL customers
> > > using one of our domains in their From: header thus causing both
> > > complaints to us and thousands of bounces from AOL due to bad AOL
> > > addresses in their spam lists.
>
> About a year ago, I asked Vixie if he would RBL porn sites. I might have
> supported the RBL if there were a moral high ground.  He said no.

And rightfully so. Prudish issues aside, it would have *lost* him the moral
high-ground he now enjoys. The criteria is clear, anti-spam, not
baby-sitting consenting adults. Since you live in the USA, you should
understand what the first amendment is about.

But, this is *wwwaaaayyyyyy* off topic, by light-years, and I'll say no
more about it here. See me in NetMail.

> P.S. Barry, I do feel sorry for you.  Perhaps you should just refuse spam
> complaints, and try to get them to stop using your domains.  Instead of
> stealing a domain, all the spammers need to do is change their addresses to
> uucp style addresses, and their mail will likely be accepted, and bounces
> shouldn't leave the system.

We don't accept uucp here.
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