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Re: Monitoring, Flow Stats (Re: spam whore, norcal-systems)


From: Phil Howard <phil () whistler intur net>
Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 10:46:08 -0600 (CST)

Dean Anderson wrote:

In this case, it says at the the end that service providers "shall not
utilize service observing or random monitoring except for mechanical or
service quality control checks"  

Dropping spam on the floor is a "service quality control check".  If it
can be made mechanical (as opposed to hiring a staff of hundreds to read
each incoming message to determine if it is spam or not) then it would
fit under this description.

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