The aftermath, Re: We are all blacklisted

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:22:13 -0700
> From: Ed Gerck <egerck () nma com>
> Subject: The aftermath, Re: [IP] We are all blacklisted
> To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
>
> {Dave: for IP}
>
> Now that SoBig gave us a temp break, let's take a look
> at the aftermath. This was sent today in a message by
> Rackshack, a web hosting farm, to its dedicated hosting
> customers:
>
>     In order to prevent unnecessary blacklisting due to
>     spam we reserve the right to occasionally sample bulk
>     email being sent from servers.
>
> In short, to cope with arbitrary blacklisting it seems that we
> now need to accept routine monitoring of our correspondence
> -- or else (account termination). No case-by-case reason is
> necessary. This is what blacklisting is doing to us: fostering
> a Net culture of lack of respect, where each one makes their
> own rules and damn the rest. The end game may, however,
> be positive after all if we use this as a further motivation for
> increasing communication security. I think we will find that
> the closest analogue of a closed, stamped envelope with a
> return address is not email but encrypted and authenticated
> email. We just have to make it easier to use.
>
> Cheers,
> Ed Gerck

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